You can learn Romanian at...Oxford

Unique and welcomed! Students at Oxford University, UK, will attend a Romanian language. It is also, for the first time in the history of the famous institutions Romanian language opens doors of knowledge here. The courses will be taught in the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics.

Romanian language course at Oxford is the initiative of the Ministry of Education in Romania and was launched at Oxford by the Romanian Ambassador to the UK, Dr Ion Jinga, according ox.ac.uk. Pleased to offer already more than 20 students were enrolled in the Romanian language.

"The Romanian language was a constant reference point in our courses Romance languages​​. Interest for Romanian language is that it is an interesting mix between something out of the ordinary and something familiar," said, on this project, Professor Martin Maiden from the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics.

He also explained that "Romanian is a Romance language that emerges from Latin and other languages ​​like sisters as Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and French. Romanian is a branch of the Latin language, which broke away early the other Romance languages ​​and has remained isolated for centuries. Specifically, the Romanian language disappeared from historical documents and appeared only at the beginning of the sixteenth century. "

Worthy to note, at this time, Oxford University courses enrolled 82 Romanian students who successfully meet the challenges and standards in this university town became famous for requirements imposed educational offer.