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Romanian vs Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Greek  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Romanian.jpg#200  

Alphabets
38  
20
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
32  
22
20  
10

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
alo  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
bună Dimineața  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
scuze  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
La revedere  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
-  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.00 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
7.00 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
Română  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
arménien  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Armenisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Romanians  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Romanian  

Language Position
14  
13
36  
33

Signed Forms
Signed Armenian  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
rum  

ISO 639 3
hye  
ron  

ISO 639 6
hye  
ron  

Glottocode
arme1241  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Armenian and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and Romanian language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Armenian and Romanian Language History.

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Armenian and Romanian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Armenian and Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Romanian language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Armenian vs Romanian Difficulty

The Armenian vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and Romanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Armenian and Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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