Romanian
Romanian is one of 99 world languages in the LEXOS registry, belonging to the Indo-European language family. Every word or phrase can be analysed across 6 linguistic levels: phonetics → phonology → morphology → syntax → semantics → pragmatics.
Romance branch of Indo-European; Latin script. The only major Romance language to have developed surrounded by Slavic neighbors, retaining some Latin case features lost elsewhere in Romance.
6 Levels of Analysis for Romanian
Other Indo-European languages
Frequently asked about Romanian
What language family does Romanian belong to?
Indo-European.
At which levels can I analyse Romanian?
Six levels: Phonetics (speech sounds, IPA), Phonology (phonemes and sound patterns), Morphology (word structure), Syntax (phrases and sentence structure), Semantics (literal meaning), Pragmatics (meaning in context).
Is Romanian one of the most spoken world languages?
Yes — LEXOS catalogues the 99 most-spoken / most-commercially-relevant world languages, covering every major language family and every continent.