Romanian language

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/romanian-language

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the language family classification?Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern Romance
2. What is the geographic distribution?Primarily Romania and Moldova, with significant diaspora populations
3. Why is Romanian different from other Romance languages?After the Romans left, Romanian stayed isolated and mixed with local Dacian, Slavic, Hungarian, and Turkish languages. This made its sounds and grammar unique compared to other Romance languages.
4. How many people speak Romanian?About 24 million people speak Romanian, mainly in Romania, Moldova, and in communities around the world.

Vulgar Latin: The spoken, vernacular form of Latin that served as the basis for the Romance languages.
Substratum influence: Linguistic features of a conquered or assimilated population that affect the language of the conquerors.
Superstratum influence: Linguistic features of a dominant group that affect the language of a subordinate group.
Enclitic: A word that is unstressed and attached phonetically to the preceding word.