Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
National Language
China, Guangdong
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
你好吗？
ce mai faci?
Good Night
晚安
noapte Buna
Good Evening
晚上好
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
下午好
buna Ziua
Good Morning
早上好
bună Dimineața
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Aromanian
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Română
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
Not Available
roumain; moldave
German Name
Not Available
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Romanians
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Romanian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ro
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
ron
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
rum
ISO 639 3
No data available
ron
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cant1236
roma1327
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAD-c
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Romanian language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Romanian Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.