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Romanian vs Cantonese


Cantonese vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
China, Guangdong   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200   
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
31   
13
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
alo   
您好   

Thank You
multumesc   
谢谢   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
你好吗?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
晚安   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
下午好   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
早上好   

Please
Vă Rog   
请   

Sorry
scuze   
遗憾   

Bye
La revedere   
再见   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
outside mainland China   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
52.00 million   
21

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
Not Available   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1521   
17th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Standard Cantonese   

Language Position
36   
28
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
ron   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Romanian and Cantonese Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Cantonese language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Cantonese language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Romanian and Cantonese Language History.

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Romanian and Cantonese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Romanian and Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Cantonese language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Romanian vs Cantonese Difficulty

The Romanian vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and Cantonese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Romanian and Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.

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