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Countries

Countries

European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

632
0 46
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National Language

Moldova, Romania
France

Second Language

Kazakhstan, Russia
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Italian Language

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2020
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

alo
bonjour

Thank You

multumesc
Merci

How Are You?

ce mai faci?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

noapte Buna
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

buna Seara
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

buna Ziua
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

bună Dimineața
Bonjour

Please

Vă Rog
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

scuze
désolé

Bye

La revedere
au revoir

I Love You

Te iubesc
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Scuza-Ma
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Aromanian
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

250,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Megleno-Romanian
African French

Where They Speak

Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Africa

How Many People Speak

5,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Istro-Romanian
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Croatia
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

1,400.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1025
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

28.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.37 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

4.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Română
français

Alternative Names

Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Français

French Name

roumain; moldave
français

German Name

Rumänisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[roˈmɨnə]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Romanians
French people

History

Origin

1521
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Romanian
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Romanian
Standard French

Language Position

3613
1 120
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Signed Forms

Romanian Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ro
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ron
fra

ISO 639 2/B

rum
fre

ISO 639 3

ron
fra

ISO 639 6

ron
fras

Glottocode

roma1327
stan1290

Linguasphere

51-AAD-c
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Romanian and French Alphabets

Romanian and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Romanian and French. In Romanian Alphabets there are 31 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Romanian and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Romanian and French languages. The Romanian phonology consist Romanian vowels and Romanian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Romanian greetings vs French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Romanian and French are Most Spoken Languages.

All Romanian and French Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Romanian and French dialects. Various dialects of Romanian and French language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Romanian are spoken in different Romanian Speaking Countries whereas French Dialects are spoken in different French speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Romanian vs French Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Romanian dialects include: Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian. French dialects include: Quebec French , African French. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Romanian and French Speaking population

Romanian and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Romanian and French languages can be compared. The total count of Romanian and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Romanian and French on Romanian vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Romanian and French Language Codes

Romanian and French language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Romanian and French Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.