Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Total No. Of Countries
69
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
Austria
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
Latin
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3130
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2025
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
alo
bok
Thank You
multumesc
hvala
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
kako si
Good Night
noapte Buna
laku noć
Good Evening
buna Seara
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
dobar dan
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
dobro jutro
Please
Vă Rog
molim
Sorry
scuze
Oprostite
Bye
La revedere
Doviđenja
I Love You
Te iubesc
Volim te
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Croatia
How Many People Speak
250,000.00660,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Croatia
How Many People Speak
5,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
How Many People Speak
1,400.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1079
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million89.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %89.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million5.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million1.25 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Română
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Hrvatski
French Name
roumain; moldave
croate
German Name
Rumänisch
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Croats
Origin
1521
9th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Romanian
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Language Position
3623
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ro
hr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
hrv
ISO 639 2/B
rum
hrv
ISO 639 3
ron
hrv
ISO 639 6
ron
hrv
Glottocode
roma1327
croa1245
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic