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Languages

Description

• Beyond the official Romanian language, multiple other languages are spoken in Romania. Laws regarding the rights of minority languages are in place, and some of them have co-official status at a local level. Romanian is spoken by 91% of the population as a primary language.
• Minority Languages of Romanian:
  • Hungarian
  • Romani
  • Ukrainian
  • German
  • Russian
  • Turkic Languages
    • Turkish
    • Crimean Tatar

Word List(s)

Romanian

• Romanian Genealogical Word List
• Useful Romanian phrases (Omniglot)
• Romanian Core 100 Word List (Romanianpod101)

Hungarian

• Hungarian Genealogical Word List
• Useful Hungarian phrases (Omniglot)

Romani

• Useful Phrases in Romani (Omniglot)

Ukrainian

• Ukrainian Genealogical Word List
• Useful Ukrainian phrases (Omniglot)

German

• German Genealogical Word List
• Useful German phrases (Omniglot)

Russian

• Russian Genealogical Word List
• Useful Russian Phrases (Omniglot)

Turkish

• Turkish Genealogical Word List
• Useful Turkish Phrases (Omniglot)

Crimean Tatar

• Numbers in Crimean Tatar (Omniglot)

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Romanian

• Romanian Phonology (Wikipedia)
• Romanian Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
• Romanian Pronunciation Dictionary (Forvo)
• Chițoran, Ioana. The phonology of Romanian : a constraint-based approach. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2002. Available at: WorldCat.

Hungarian

• Hungarian Phonology (Wikipedia)
• Hungarian Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
• Hungarian Pronunciation Dictionary (Forvo)

Romani

• Romani Phonology (Wikipedia)
• Romani Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
• Romani Pronunciation Dictionary (Forvo)

Ukrainian

• Ukrainian Phonology (Wikipedia)
• Ukrainian Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
• Ukrainian Pronunciation Dictionary (Forvo)

German

• German Orthography (Wikipedia)
• German Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
• German Pronunciation Dictionary (Forvo)

Russian

• Russian Phonology (Wikipedia)
• Russian Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
• Russian Pronunciation Dictionary (Forvo)

Turkish

• Turkish Phonology (Wikipedia)
• Turkish Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
• Turkish Pronunciation Dictionary (Forvo)

Crimean Tatar

• Crimean Tatar Phonology (Wikipedia)
• Crimean Tatar Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
• Tatar Pronunciation Dictionary (Forvo)

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Romanian

• Romania Letter Writing Guide
• English to Romanian Dictionary (Glosbe)
• Romanian dictionary (Lexilogos)
• Miroiu, Mihai. Romanian practical dictionary : Romanian-English, English-Romanian. New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., 2010. Available at: WorldCat.
• Learn Romanian (duolingo)
• Romanian101 (101Languages)

Hungarian

• English to Hungarian Dictionary (Glosbe)
• Learn Hungarian (duolingo)

Romani

• English to Balkan Romani Dictionary (Glosbe)

Ukrainian

• English to Ukrainian Dictionary (Glosbe)
• Ukrainian dictionary (Lexilogos)
• Pavlyshyn, Marko. Ukrainian phrasebook & dictionary. Footscray: Lonely Planet, 2014. Available at: WorldCat.
• Learn Ukrainian (duolingo)

German

• German Letter Writing Guide
• English to German Dictionary (Glosbe)
• Learn German (duolingo)

Russian

• Russian Letter Writing Guide
• English to Russian Dictionary (Glosbe)
• Russian dictionary (Lexilogos)
• Russian dictionary. Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers, 2018. Available at: WorldCat.
• Learn Russian (duolingo)
• Russian101 (101Languages)

Turkish

• English to Turkish Dictionary (Glosbe)
• Learn Turkish (duolingo)

Crimean Tatar

• English to Crimean Tatar Dictionary (Glosbe)

Additional Resources

• Latin Genealogical Word List
• Greek Genealogical Word List
• Eastern European phrasebook : 12 languages : Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Ukrainian. Peterborough: Thomas Cook, 2011. Available at: WorldCat.
• Romania (Britannica)
• Romania (Wikitravel)