Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
66
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Latin
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3127
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2023
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
alo
Hola
Thank You
multumesc
Gràcies
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Com estàs?
Good Night
noapte Buna
Bona nit
Good Evening
buna Seara
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
Bona tarda
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
Bon dia
Please
Vă Rog
Sisplau
Sorry
scuze
Perdó!
Bye
La revedere
Adéu
I Love You
Te iubesc
T'estimo
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Dispensi!
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Caló
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
250,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Valencian
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Spain
How Many People Speak
5,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Croatia
Spain
How Many People Speak
1,400.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
108
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Română
català
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
roumain; moldave
catalan; valencien
German Name
Rumänisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Romanians
Catalan people
Origin
1521
c. 1028
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Romanian
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
3632
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ro
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
cat
ISO 639 2/B
rum
cat
ISO 639 3
ron
cat
ISO 639 6
ron
cat
Glottocode
roma1327
stan1289
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-