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What Language Do They Speak in Romania?
The official language of Romania is Romanian. In total about 13 living languages are spoken there, the most common being Romanian (90%), English (31%) and French (12%).
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Official languages of Romania
Most spoken languages in Romania
All languages of Romania (13)
| Language | Speakers here | Family | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romanian | 16,333,380 · 90% | Indo-European | Official |
| English | 5,625,942 · 31% | Indo-European | Safe |
| French | 2,177,784 · 12% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Spanish | 1,814,820 · 10% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Hungarian | 1,197,781 · 7% | Uralic | Safe |
| Vlax Romani | 250,000 · 1% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Romany | 241,617 · 1% | Indo-European | — |
| German | 38,111 · 0.21% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Turkish | 23,592 · 0.13% | Turkic | Safe |
| Serbian | 21,777 · 0.12% | — | — |
| Bulgarian | 6,714 · 0.04% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | 4,174 · 0.02% | Indo-European | Safe |
| Polish | 2,722 · 0.02% | Indo-European | Safe |
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Frequently asked questions
What language do they speak in Romania?
The official language of Romania is Romanian. In total about 13 living languages are spoken there, the most common being Romanian (90%), English (31%) and French (12%).
What is the official language of Romania?
Romanian.
Is English spoken in Romania?
About 31% of people in Romania speak English (5.6 million).
How many languages are spoken in Romania?
About 13 living languages — #90 in the world for linguistic diversity.
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).