Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
European Union, Lithuania
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
Lithuania
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Poland
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Commission of the Lithuanian 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.
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Latvian
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3132
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2020
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
alo
Sveiki
Thank You
multumesc
Ačiū
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
noapte Buna
Labanakt
Good Evening
buna Seara
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
Laba diena
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
Labas rytas
Please
Vă Rog
Prašom
Sorry
scuze
atsiprašau
Bye
La revedere
Ate
I Love You
Te iubesc
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
250,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
5,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Curonian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
1,400.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1010
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million3.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Română
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
roumain; moldave
lituanien
German Name
Rumänisch
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Lithuanians
Origin
1521
c. 1503
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
Baltic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Romanian
Lithuanian
Language Position
3644
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ro
lt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
lit
ISO 639 2/B
rum
lit
ISO 639 3
ron
lit
ISO 639 6
ron
lit
Glottocode
roma1327
lith1251
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
54-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic