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More than 85 percent of Romania's people are of "pure" Romanian ancestry. The early people descended from the Dacians, Romans, and such tribes as the Goths, Huns, and Slavs. These Indo-European people lived in what is now Romania as early as the 300's B.C. in communities between the Carpathian Mountains and the lower
Danube River. As many of the traditions and beliefs of the Dacian people are carried forward in modern customs, some rural Romanians live lives similar to that of their early ancestors.
Hungarians form the largest minority group in Romania, comprising about eight percent of the population. Germans make up about two percent.
Romanian is the nation's official language and is spoken by almost all the people, although English is taught in elementary and secondary schools, and spoken in all universities.
About three-fourths of all Romanians belong to the Romanian Orthodox Church, an Eastern Orthodox Church. About seven percent of the people--chiefly Hungarians--are Roman Catholics. Other faiths that are practiced in Romania include Islam, Judaism, and various forms of Protestantism.
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