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Indo-European · ISO 639-3 rgn

Romagnol Language rumagnòl

Romagnol is an Indo-European language spoken by about 1.1 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.

1.1 million
Speakers · #451 in the world
1
Countries where it is spoken
0
Countries where it is official
Vulnerable
Endangerment status

Where Romagnol is spoken

  • Official language
  • Regional official
  • Spoken by 10%+
  • 1–10%
  • Smaller communities

Countries that speak Romagnol

No country-level speaker figures — see the map.

Language family

  1. Indo-European
  2. Classical Indo-European
  3. Italic
  4. Latino-Faliscan
  5. Latinic
  6. Imperial Latin
  7. Romance
  8. Italo-Western Romance
  9. Western Romance
  10. Shifted Western Romance
  11. Northwestern Shifted Romance
  12. Gallo-Italian
  13. Emiliano-Romagnolo
  14. Romagnol

Writing system

Latin script

Related languages

About the Romagnol language

Romagnol (rumagnòl) is spoken by about 1.1 million people, which makes it the 451st most spoken language in the world — just behind Khasi (1.1 million) and ahead of Tigre (1.1 million). It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Emiliano-Romagnolo group within the Italic branch.

Where is Romagnol spoken?

Romagnol is used in 1 country.

Romagnol is not a national official language anywhere.

Writing system and status

Romagnol is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as vulnerable, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.

Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Emilian, Lombard, Piemontese, French, Haitian, Morisyen and 2 more.

ISO codes: ISO 639-3 rgn.

Frequently asked questions about Romagnol

How many people speak Romagnol?

About 1.1 million people — #451 among the world's languages.

What language family does Romagnol belong to?

Romagnol belongs to the Indo-European family: Indo-European › Classical Indo-European › Italic › Latino-Faliscan › Latinic › Imperial Latin › Romance › Italo-Western Romance › Western Romance › Shifted Western Romance › Northwestern Shifted Romance › Gallo-Italian › Emiliano-Romagnolo.

What is Romagnol called in Romagnol?

Its speakers call it rumagnòl.

Is Romagnol an endangered language?

Romagnol is classed as vulnerable (Glottolog AES).

Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.