Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Finnish
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3127
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2018
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
alo
Tere
Thank You
multumesc
aitäh
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
noapte Buna
Head ööd
Good Evening
buna Seara
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
Tere päevast
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
Tere hommikust
Please
Vă Rog
Palun
Sorry
scuze
Vabandust
Bye
La revedere
Head aega
I Love You
Te iubesc
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
250,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Tartu
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
5,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Croatia
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
1,400.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
108
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million1.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million0.95 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million1.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Română
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Eesti keel
French Name
roumain; moldave
estonien
German Name
Rumänisch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Estonians
Origin
1521
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
-
Finno-Ugric
Branch
-
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Romanian
Estonian
Language Position
3622
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ro
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
est
ISO 639 2/B
rum
est
ISO 639 3
ron
est
ISO 639 6
ron
est
Glottocode
roma1327
esto1258
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative