Romanian language in Serbia

The Romanian language is spoken as a mother tongue by 0.3% of the total population of Serbia with additional 0.3% declaring their mother tongue as "Vlach". According to data from the 2022 census, there are total of 60 thousand people declaring their ethnicity as either Romanians (mainly in Banat) and the Romanians/Vlachs (mainly in Timok Valley). The former speak the Banat Romanian and identify as ethnic Romanians. Romanian/Vlachs in Timok Valley speak archaic varieties of the Banat and Oltenian Romanian; most of the members of community do not identify as ethnic Romanians and their language is not officially recognized as Romanian by the Serbian state but as "Vlach language". This has been criticized in Romania, and attempts to bring Romanian-language resources and education to the Timok Vlachs have been blocked by the Serbian authorities.

In 2020, the Romanian Academy and the Academy of Sciences of Moldova issued a joint "Declaration on Unity of Romanian Language" condemning any attempts which has the aim politicisation of the Romanian language. They made an appeal to the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts to contribute to the "normalization of the situation" regarding attempts to politicize the Romanian language in Serbia.

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