Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
63
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
Somalia
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Yemen
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3126
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2021
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
alo
Hello
Thank You
multumesc
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
noapte Buna
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
buna Seara
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Vă Rog
Fadlan
Sorry
scuze
sorry
Bye
La revedere
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Te iubesc
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
250,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
5,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Croatia
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
1,400.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Română
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
roumain; moldave
somali
German Name
Rumänisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Somalis
Origin
1521
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Romanian
Somali
Language Position
3683
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ro
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
som
ISO 639 2/B
rum
som
ISO 639 3
ron
som
ISO 639 6
ron
som
Glottocode
roma1327
soma1255
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-