Countries
Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
Malta
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
National Council for the Maltese 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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Latin
Roman Languages
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3130
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2024
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
alo
Ħello
Thank You
multumesc
Grazzi
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Kif int?
Good Night
noapte Buna
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
buna Seara
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
Vă Rog
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
scuze
Skużani!
Bye
La revedere
Ċaw
I Love You
Te iubesc
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Skużi!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Qormi
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Malta
How Many People Speak
250,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Malta
How Many People Speak
5,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Not Present
Where They Speak
Croatia
-
How Many People Speak
1,400.00500,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
102
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million0.52 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
24.00 million0.52 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
4.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Română
Malti
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Malti
French Name
roumain; moldave
maltais
German Name
Rumänisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Maltese
History
Origin
1521
c. 1470
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Romanian
Maltese
Language Position
3625
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ro
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
rum
mlt
ISO 639 3
ron
mlt
ISO 639 6
ron
mlt
Glottocode
roma1327
malt1254
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic