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How to recognize Romanian
Romanian is one of 35 languages in Grafle's Latin group. Here's what it looks like, where you'll see it on signs, and how to tell it apart from its lookalikes.
Spot it fast
- Comma-below letters ș and ț plus ă — a Romance language that looks Italian until you spot them.
What Romanian looks like
Toate ființele umane se nasc libere și egale în demnitate.
Bună ziua, ce mai faceți?
Apa trece, pietrele rămân.
Latin scripts: The alphabet you're reading now. Each language gives itself away by its own special letters and accent marks.
Where you'll see it on signs
- Romania
- Moldova
Easy to confuse with
- Italian — Romanian looks Italian until you spot ă, ș and ț — the comma-below letters are Romanian-only.
- Spanish — Romanian's ă, ș, ț and î don't exist in Spanish; Spanish's ñ and ¿ ¡ don't exist in Romanian.