Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Moldova, Romania
Russia
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Latin
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
alo
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
multumesc
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
noapte Buna
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
buna Seara
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Vă Rog
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
scuze
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
La revedere
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Te iubesc
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Olonets
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Olonets
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Croatia
Novgorod
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Română
Русский
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Russki
French Name
roumain; moldave
russe
German Name
Rumänisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Russians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Eastern
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Romanian
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
roma1327
russ1263
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Romanian and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Russian language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Romanian vs Russian Difficulty
The Romanian vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.