Interesting facts about the Romanian language
Romanian is a Romance language - Romanian is a Romance language , similar to French , Spanish , Italian and Portuguese ; however , due to the country ’ s geographical position in Eastern Europe , surrounded by Slavic-speaking countries , people think that Romanian is part of the Slavic family . The language does have Slavic roots , but they represent only 10 % of the vocabulary .
Romanian is also spoken in the Republic of Moldova , because the Moldovan territory ( Basarabia and Northern Bucovina ), Romanian territory , became part of the Soviet Union in 1940 . Republic of Moldova gained its independence in 1991 and Romanian has remained the national language .