Language and Literature: Romania

These web sites provide information and links relating to the Romanian language and literature, including learning aides and dictionaries. For information pertaining to the many minority languages spoken in Romania, consult Ethnic Minorities in Romania. For information pertaining to ethnic Romanian groups outside Romania and their dialects, such as Meglenoromanian, see Society: The Romanian Diaspora.

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Language and Dictionaries

English-Romanian Dictionary of Equivalent Proverbs (http://www.deproverbio.com/DPbooks/EROM/dictionary.html)
By Teodor Flonta, 1995.

English-Romanian-English Dictionaries (http://www.dictionare.com/english/dictionary.htm)
A combined English-to-Romanian and Romanian-to-English dictionary.

FSI Language Courses (http://fsi-language-courses.com)
Provides language courses for many languages, including Romanian. The courses were developed by the U.S. Foreign Service Institute, which prepares U.S. diplomats for assignment in U.S. embassies around the world.

Ethnologue: Languages of Romania (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=RO)
Provides information on known living languages [and Romanian sign language] spoken in Romania and their populations.

The Romanian languages (http://www.verbix.com/documents/romanian.htm)
There are four Romanian (Indo-European romance) languages: Dacoromanian (closely associated with standard RomanianCthe most common spoken language), Aromanian, Meglenoromanian, and Istroromanian. Verb conjugations are given for the four languages and a map shows their geographic distribution.

Say Hello in the Romanian Language (http://www.ipl.org/youth/hello/romanian.html)
Links to the Romanian alphabet, learning Romanian, and Romanian culture. Includes audio files for pronunciation guidance. From KidSpace, the Internet Public Library.

Literature

For full texts of works from or about Romania, including literary works, see Romania: Libraries, Archives: Electronic Libraries.

Langue et littérature roumaines (http://signets.bnf.fr/html/categories/c_859roumain.html)
Links to resources on the Romanian language and literature. Maintained by Bibliotèque nationale de France. In French.

România literară (http://www.romlit.ro)
This online literary weekly from Bucharest includes a link to "Scriitori români," which lists more than 1,500 Romanian authors, with their birth/death dates. Also includes links to "Reviste literare românesti," a directory and detailed information for approximately 50 Romanian literary periodicals worldwide.

Romanian Poetry (http://www.romanianvoice.com/poezii/index.html)
Over 1,600 Romanian classic and contemporary poems (with audio) in English, Romanian, and five other languages. Searchable. Part of the Romanian Voice Web site.