Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
South Africa
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3157
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2050
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
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
Sawubona
Thank You
multumesc
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
unjani
Good Night
noapte Buna
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
buna Seara
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
okuhle ekuseni
Please
Vă Rog
Ngiyacela
Sorry
scuze
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
La revedere
bye
I Love You
Te iubesc
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
250,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
5,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Croatia
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
1,400.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
104
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Română
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
roumain; moldave
zoulou
German Name
Rumänisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Zulu people
Origin
1521
19
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Romanian
Deep Zulu
Language Position
3687
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ro
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
zul
ISO 639 2/B
rum
zul
ISO 639 3
ron
zul
ISO 639 6
ron
zul
Glottocode
roma1327
zulu1248
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-