The Romanian language is part of the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Even if as a foreigner you might not be able to understand what people are saying it isn’t hard to read signs. Some knowledge of Italian or Latin will help a lot. Until the year 1862 the Cyrillic alphabet was used, then starting in Transsylvania, the Latin alphabet was introduced – enhanced with the five special letters ă, â, î, ș and ț.
Romanian is spoken by 34 million people throughout the world and is the official language of Romania, Moldava and parts of Serbia and Greece.
| Good morning | Bună dimineața |
| Good day | Bună ziua |
| Good evening | Bună seara |
| Good night | Noapte bună |
| Goodbye | La revedere |
| Bye | Pa |
| Yes | Da |
| No | Nu |
| Thank you | Mulțumesc |
You see: A lot of words can be easily guessed with knowledge of European languages. The most similarities in words exist with Italian, French, Catalan, Portuguese and Spanish.
| 1 | unu |
| 2 | doi |
| 3 | trei |
| 4 | patru |
| 5 | cinci |
| 6 | șase |
| 7 | șapte |
| 8 | opt |
| 9 | nouă |
| 10 | zece |
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