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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  
17

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  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

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+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Western Slovak  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
37

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 %  
37
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Română  
slovenčina  

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

French Name
roumain; moldave  
slovaque  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
1521  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Slovak  

Language Position
36  
33
27  
25

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Slovak Sign Language  

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
ron  
slk  

Glottocode
roma1327  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
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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