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| elsabetao Newbie Romania lett.ubbcluj.roRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5679 days ago 11 posts - 11 votes Speaks: French | Message 41 of 54 12 May 2009 at 11:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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Let's see - we have Romanian natives and speakers in Moldova, Herca and Hlyboka (Ukraine), a couple of thousands in Serbia, Transnistria, and other regions. As for the exact number I will have to check some statistics.
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| Cristiana Diglot Newbie Romania Joined 6003 days ago 31 posts - 38 votes Speaks: Romanian*, English Studies: Russian | Message 42 of 54 13 May 2009 at 10:36am | IP Logged | ||
Definitely. According to a 2001 census (couldn't find anything more recent), about 328,000 people in Ukraine declare their mother tongue to be Romanian/Moldovan. Moldovans are generally considered to be ethnic Romanians. elsabetao, you say it as if Transnistria is a separate country :) Also, isn't there a Romanian minority in some areas of Hungary too? Anyway, the number of Romanian speakers all over the world isn't *that* low. I think it's sad that there are so little resources for studying it. It doesn't even have a language profile on this site. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Louis Triglot Groupie Italy Joined 5733 days ago 92 posts - 110 votes  Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish | Message 43 of 54 15 May 2009 at 3:59am | IP Logged | ||
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We've actually had a thread for the Romanian profile open for several years. The link is here, if you're curious: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=182&PN=1
I don't know enough about the language to make an accurate profile, but the information in this thread as well as some feedback by native speakers could finally complete the Romanian profile! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| elsabetao Newbie Romania lett.ubbcluj.roRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5679 days ago 11 posts - 11 votes Speaks: French | Message 44 of 54 15 May 2009 at 4:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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As for the profile of the language I will prepare several materials and I will post them on your forum. I hope it will be helpful. Sorry for the "country" denomination of Transnistria. It was only for the purpose of enumeration.
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| Z.J.J Senior Member China Joined 5611 days ago 243 posts - 305 votes Speaks: Mandarin* | Message 45 of 54 29 July 2009 at 10:15am | IP Logged | ||
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In China, to my surprise, there's a series of excellent textbooks for learning Romanian in bookshops.
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| Belardur Octoglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5614 days ago 148 posts - 195 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC2, Spanish, Dutch, Latin, Ancient Greek, French, Lowland Scots Studies: Biblical Hebrew, Italian, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Korean | Message 46 of 54 29 July 2009 at 11:46am | IP Logged | ||
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Well, this thread was raised from the dead, but to anyone who is reading it, I'd also note that there are a fair number of Romanian speakers in Germany, mostly ethnic Germans who had been living in Romania (and their descendants) who ended up in Germany after the upheaval in the middle of last century - many of the refugee camps with ethnic Germans emptied into Germany, in a couple of more-concentrated areas, while others repatriated into Romania (willing or not!). A hint is, if you talk to someone who claims their dialect is Sächsisch, but it's not the one from Sachsen, it's quite possibly Siebenbürgersächsisch, spoken by ethnic Germans from Romania. These folks in Germany probably also speak Romanian.
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| Z.J.J Senior Member China Joined 5611 days ago 243 posts - 305 votes Speaks: Mandarin* | Message 47 of 54 04 August 2009 at 11:08am | IP Logged | ||
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Romanian is a Romance language that kept the Latin structure of the grammar, the Latin vocabulary but also borrowed words from many languages and was influenced by Slavic or by Fino-Ugric origin languages. Why would you start learning such a language? If you are an expatriate living in Romania, a student starting to accomplish your studies in Romania, a diplomat or a person working in an international organisation or a mere curious in the East European culture and civilisation, you may have your reasons to start right away. When starting, you have to take into account that Romanian is not such a friendly language and that you should study in depth so that you have success in managing to speak in the future, so that you understand, perceive and get the culture of such an interesting people as the Romanian one.
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| GoingGoingGone Newbie United States Joined 5671 days ago 28 posts - 39 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French, Swedish, Mandarin | Message 48 of 54 05 August 2009 at 2:44am | IP Logged | ||
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Because it's the only Romance language spoken in an eastern European country. Anyone with a background in other Romance languages would find they had an advantage in beginning Romanian as opposed to other languages in the region that would be more challenging. It is also a large country and exciting destination for tourism. I would love to learn it myself but I've got to become more advanced in the ones I'm already working on before I take on another brand new language.I actually decided to "dive into the deep end of the pool" and start working on Ukrainian as my first eastern European language because I love the culture, sound of the language, and challenges! Edited by GoingGoingGone on 05 August 2009 at 2:47am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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