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List of countries and territories where Romanian is an official language

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This is a list of countries and territories and organisations where Romanian is an official language:

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Countries where Romanian is an official language

Country Population Native Romanian speakers Est. total speakers Status of Romanian More info
 Moldova 3,461,380 (2014)[1] 70.2% 2,560,000[2] Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova[3] Languages of Moldova
 Romania 21,640,168 (2014)[1] 90.7% 19,900,000[2] Constitution of Romania, art. 13[4] Languages of Romania

Regions where Romanian is an official language

Region Country Status Population Native Romanian speakers Status of Romanian More info
 Gagauzia  Moldova Autonomous region 155,646 (2004) 3.9% Statute of Gagauzia, art. 3§1[5] Languages of Gagauzia
 Transnistria De facto independent 555,347 (2004) 32.10% Statute of the Settlements from the Left Bank (Transnistria), art. 6§1 (Latin) [6]
Constitution of Transnistria, art. 12 (Cyrillic)[7]		 Languages of Transnistria
 Vojvodina  Serbia Autonomous region 1,931,809 (2011) 1.45% Statute of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, art. 26[8] Official status of Romanian language in Vojvodina
Hertsa, UA-77 Ukraine Ukraine Rayon 32,316 (2001) 93.8% Legislation on languages in Ukraine Languages of Ukraine
Tiachiv, UA-21 Rayon 171,850 (2001) 12.4%

Organisations with Romanian as an official language

Organisation Members Status of Romanian More info
 European Union Romania
and other 27 states		 Regulation No. 1 of the EC[9] Languages of the European Union
Latin Union Moldova, Romania
and other 34 states		 Convention of Madrid, 1954 Romance languages
Mount Athos Romanian Orthodox Church
and other Eastern Rite churches		 Language of religious service

References

  1. ^ a b "Countries in the world (ranked by 2014 population)". Worldometers.
  2. ^ a b "Romanian". Ethnologue.
  3. ^ "Hotărâre Nr. 36 din 05.12.2013 privind interpretarea articolului 13 alin. (1) din Constituţie în corelaţie cu Preambulul Constituţiei şi Declaraţia de Independenţă a Republicii Moldova (Sesizările nr. 8b/2013 şi 41b/2013)" (in Romanian). Constitutional Court of Moldova. Retrieved 2013-12-20. 124. [...] Prin urmare, Curtea consideră că prevederea conţinută în Declaraţia de Independenţă referitoare la limba română ca limbă de stat a Republicii Moldova prevalează asupra prevederii referitoare la limba moldovenească conţinute în articolul 13 al Constituţiei. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ http://www.cdep.ro/pls/dic/site.page?den=act2_1&par1=1#t1c0s0a13
  5. ^ http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=311656&lang=1
  6. ^ http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=313004&lang=1
  7. ^ http://mfa-pmr.org/index.php?newsid=644
  8. ^ http://www.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/Strana.aspx?s=statut&j=RO
  9. ^ http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:1958R0001:20070101:EN:PDF
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