Romanian language
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![Official usage of Romanian language in Vojvodina, Serbia](/Images/godic/202502/08/Vojvodina_romanian_map2945.png")
![Romanian language in entire Serbia (see also Romanians of Serbia), census 2002
1–5%
5–10%
10–15%
15–25%
25–35%
over 35%](/Images/godic/202502/08/Romanian_and_Vlach_language_in_Serbia2945.png")
Romanian (obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; autonym: română, limba română [ˈlimba roˈmɨnə], "the Romanian language", or românește, lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 million people as a native language, primarily in Romania and Moldova, and by another 4 million people as a second language. It has official status in Romania, the Republic of Moldova, the unrecognized state of Transnistria, the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in Serbia, and the autonomous monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It is one of the official languages of the European Union and the Latin Union.