Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
France, Spain
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Spanish
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3127
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2021
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
alo
Kaixo
Thank You
multumesc
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
noapte Buna
Gabon
Good Evening
buna Seara
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
Egun on
Please
Vă Rog
Mesedez
Sorry
scuze
Barkatu
Bye
La revedere
Agur
I Love You
Te iubesc
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
France
How Many People Speak
250,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Souletin
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
5,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Croatia
Spain
How Many People Speak
1,400.00750,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
106
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million7.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million7.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Română
Euskara
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
roumain; moldave
basque
German Name
Rumänisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Basque people
Origin
1521
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Romanian
Basque
Language Position
3630
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ro
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
eus
ISO 639 2/B
rum
baq
ISO 639 3
ron
eus
ISO 639 6
ron
eus
Glottocode
roma1327
basq1248
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
40-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative