Interesting facts about the language
The Romanian language belongs – as the name suggests – to the Romance languages. All of these languages developed from spoken (Vulgar) Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. Within the Romance language family, Romanian belongs to the subgroup of Eastern Romance languages. The best-known Western Romance languages are French, Spanish, and Portuguese. In addition to Romanian, the Eastern Romance languages also include Italian, Corsican, and Dalmatian. The latter was once spoken in the area of the eastern Adriatic coast but is now extinct. All Romance languages have in common that they have significantly evolved from spoken Latin in their individual regions since Late Antiquity. During the Early Middle Ages, the individual Romance languages emerged, and the first written records emerged.
However, compared to the other Romance languages, the origins of Romanian remain largely obscure. Linguists have two different theories regarding the origin of the Romanian language. First, there is the continuity theory, which claims that the population of the former Roman province of Dacia originated the language. Second, there is the migration theory, which claims that Romanians first migrated to present-day Romania, primarily to Transylvania, in the 10th century. Although written records in Romanian are not documented until the 16th century, the origin of the Romanian language is thought to have occurred between 600 and 900 AD.
The Romanian language was written using the Cyrillic alphabet from the 16th century onwards. From the 18th century onwards, the Latin alphabet was used in Transylvania. In 1862, Romania officially introduced its own Romanian alphabet, whichwhich is based on the Latin alphabet. The Romanian alphabet used today consists of 26 Latin letters and five additional special characters: ă, â, î, ş, and ţ.
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Country information Romania
Romania is a southeastern European country. The country lies on the Black Sea and extends westward across the Carpathian Mountains to the Pannonian Plain. Romania borders five countries. To the south, it borders Bulgaria, to the west, Serbia and Hungary, and to the north and east, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova. With an area of 238,391 km², Romania has the ninth largest area and, with approximately 19.9 million inhabitants, the seventh largest population of all member states of the European Union. The Romanian capital, Bucharest, is the eighth largest city in the EU with 1.83 million inhabitants. Other major cities are Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Iași, Constanța, Craiova, and Brașov.
Sights in Romania
On the following websites you will find information about the most beautiful sights in the country.
Benefits of learning the language!
- You will find your way around when you are on holiday in Romania.
- You broaden your horizons and thereby expand your educational level.
- You improve your career opportunities.
- They contribute to integration.
- They ensure better communication in bilingual relationships.
- This way you get to know a lot of people and can communicate with each other.
What’s special about the language course
- The language course is suitable for beginners, advanced learners and those returning to the language.
- Within 3 months you can learn the basic vocabulary of over 1,300 Romanian words.
- With the basic course you will reach levels A1 and A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
- With the advanced course you will reach levels B1 and B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
- With the technical vocabulary you will reach levels C1 and C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
- Short daily learning time of only 17 minutes a day.
- The daily tasks are given to you and what you have already learned is repeated until it is stored in your long-term memory.
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