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

Countries where Romanian is an official language

+ Country Population Native Romanian speakers Est. total speakers Status of Romanian More info 3,461,380 (2014) 80.5%1 2,560,000 Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova Languages of Moldova 21,640,168 (2014) 90.7% 19,900,000 Constitution of Romania, art. 13 Languages of Romania

1Excludes Transnistria

Regions where Romanian is an official language

+ Region Country Status Population Native Romanian speakers Status of Romanian More info

Autonomous region 155,646 (2004) 3.9% Statute of Gagauzia, art. 3§1 De facto independent 555,347 (2004) 32.1% Statute of the Settlements from the Left Bank (Transnistria), art. 6§1 (Latin) Constitution of Transnistria, art. 12 (Cyrillic) Languages of Transnistria Autonomous region 1,931,809 (2011) 1.45% Statute of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, art. 26 Romanian language in Serbia

Romanian has been declared a "regional language" alongside Ukrainian in Hertsa Raion of Ukraine as well as in other villages of Chernivtsi and Zakarpattia oblasts, as per the 2012 legislation on languages in Ukraine.

Organisations with Romanian as an official language

+ Organisation Members Status of Romanian More info Romania and other 26 states Regulation No. 1 of the EC Languages of the European Union Latin Union Moldova, Romania and other 34 states Convention of Madrid, 1954 Romance languages Monastic community of Mount Athos Romanian Orthodox Church and other Eastern Rite churches Language of religious service

Countries where Romanian is taught in schools Romanian is taught in 13 schools in the Belgian cities of: Brussels, Liège and Mons. Romanian is taught in two schools in the Irish capital Dublin. Romanian is taught in 228 schools in the Italian regions of: Abruzzo, Apulia, Emilia-Romagna, Campania, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Lombardy, Marche, Molise, Piedmont, Sardinia, Sicily, Trento, Tuscany, Umbria and Veneto. Romanian is taught in five schools in the Portuguese cities of: Lisbon, Loulé and Setúbal. Romanian is taught in 328 schools in the Spanish communities of: Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Basque Country, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and Valencia. In parts of Ukraine where Romanians constitute a significant share of the local population (districts in Chernivtsi, Odesa and Zakarpattia oblasts) Romanian is taught in schools as a primary language and there are Romanian-language newspapers, TV, and radio broadcasting.Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research: , The University of Chernivtsi trains teachers for Romanian schools in the fields of Romanian philology, mathematics and physics.

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