Romania is quite ethnically homogenous , with various sources estimating roughly 83-89% of the population are ethnic Romanian (Români). According to the 2011 census, ethnic Hungarians are the largest minority ethnic group (6.5%), with the Roma community constituting the second largest (3.3%).
What is the most common ethnicity in Romania?
Rank Ethnic Group Share of Population in Romania
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1 Romanian 88.9%
2 Hungarian 6.5%
3 Roma 3.3%
Other Ethnicities 1.3%
Is Romanian Hispanic?
No Romanians are not Latinos. Latin was a dialect of the Getians, started in Troy, moved to Latium, Italy, the birth place of the Romans. Romanians inherited the closest language of Getian. Romanians understand 70% of Italian.
What are Romanians descended from?
Daco-Romans
Are Romanian and Russian the same?
Differences: Romanian is a language belonging to the Romance languages group, using the Latin alphabet, while Russia speaks a language belonging to the Slavic languages group and uses the Cyrillic alphabet.
Is Romanian a Russian language?
Not by many, anyway. In the eastern Romanian country of Tulcea, around 35.000 Lipovans speak Russian. Most of these migrated to Romania in the 19th century because they wanted the freedom to practice their religion, but despite their long history in Romania, they still, generally, speak Russian as a first language.
Is Russian widely spoken in Romania?
Languages of Romania
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Official
Minority
What is Romania unique for?
- It's home to the world's heaviest building.
- And the world's most beautiful road.
- They love a drink.
- Visitors might spot Europe's largest mammal.
- It's the real home of Borat.
- Bucharest has one of the world's prettiest bookshops.