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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  
-  

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  
19

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  
99+
71,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Xiguan  

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

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
71,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
99+
70,000,000.00  
10

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 %  
37
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
71.00 million  
15

Native Name
Română  
Kwang Tung Wa  

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

French Name
roumain; moldave  
cantonais  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Kantonesisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Han Chinese  

History

Origin
1521  
17th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
36  
33
1  
1

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Signed Cantonese  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
yue  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
yue  

ISO 639 3
ron  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
ron  
yue  

Glottocode
roma1327  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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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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