Romanian

• Alternate names: Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian Also: in Hungary -- Daco-Romanian, Moldavian, Rumanian; in Moldova -- Moldavan, Romanian, Roumanian, Rumanian; in Serbia -- Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian; in Ukraine -- Daco-Romanian, Moldavian, Rumanian; in Russian Federation -- Roumanian, Rumanian
• Scriptures published: Bible (1688--1989) New Testament (1648--1993) Portions (1561--1993)
• Literacy: No information available.
• Primary country: Romania
• Region: Moldavian in Moldova northeast; Muntenian in Muntenia, or Wallachia southeast; other dialects north and west, including Transylvania
• Also used in: Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Mozambique, Russian Federation, Serbia, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan
• Religion: Christian
• Livelihood: Peasant agriculturalists
• Status: Statutory national language in Moldova; Statutory national language in Romania; Statutory provincial language in Serbia
• Number of users: 23,623,890 (19,700,000 in Romania (2002 census); 8,480 in Hungary (2001 census); 2,660,000 in Moldova (1979 census); 250,000 in Serbia (1995 I. Bena); 319,000; 117,000)

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Romanian
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Romanian on the web
• Joshua Project: Romanian — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Romanian — detailed linguistic information.