Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Total No. Of Countries
67
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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.
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
French and Portuguese Languages
Derived From
Latin
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3121
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2016
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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Hello
alo
ciao
Thank You
multumesc
grazie
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Come stai?
Good Night
noapte Buna
buonanotte
Good Evening
buna Seara
buonasera
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
buongiorno
Please
Vă Rog
Per Favore
Sorry
scuze
scusate
Bye
La revedere
arrivederci
I Love You
Te iubesc
Ti amo
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Scusami
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Romanesco
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Lazio
How Many People Speak
250,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Central Italian
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
5,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Tuscan
Where They Speak
Croatia
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
1,400.0069,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1015
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million78.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million64.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Română
Italiano
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Italiano
French Name
roumain; moldave
italien
German Name
Rumänisch
Italienisch
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Italians
Origin
1521
960 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Romanian
Italian
Language Position
3627
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ro
it
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
ita
ISO 639 2/B
rum
ita
ISO 639 3
ron
ita
ISO 639 6
ron
itas
Glottocode
roma1327
ital1282
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
51-AAA-q
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic