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English vs Romanian


Romanian vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
6   
9

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Latin   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Romanian.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
alo   

Thank You
Thank you   
multumesc   

How Are You?
How are you?   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
Good Night   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
bună Dimineața   

Please
Please   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
Sorry   
scuze   

Bye
Bye   
La revedere   

I Love You
I love you   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
English   
Română   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
anglais   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Englisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Romanians   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
1521   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Romanian   

Language Position
3   
3
36   
28

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
rum   

ISO 639 3
eng   
ron   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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English and Romanian Language History

Comparison of English vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of English and Romanian language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Romanian Language History.

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English 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 English and Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Romanian language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common English Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Romanian Difficulty

The English vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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