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Romanian vs Slovak


Slovak vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
4   
11

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

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

Derived From
Latin   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
15   
12

How Many Consonants
20   
10
38   
27

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Ahoj   

Thank You
multumesc   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Dobré ráno   

Please
Vă Rog   
Prosím   

Sorry
scuze   
Pardón!   

Bye
La revedere   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
5.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
5.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
slovaque   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
1521   
6th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Slovak   

Language Position
36   
28
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
slo   

ISO 639 3
ron   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Romanian and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Slovak language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak Language History.

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Romanian and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Slovak language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Romanian vs Slovak Difficulty

The Romanian vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.

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