Countries
Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
64
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3124
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2021
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
alo
Habari
Thank You
multumesc
Asante
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Habari gani?
Good Night
noapte Buna
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
buna Seara
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Vă Rog
tafadhali
Sorry
scuze
pole
Bye
La revedere
bye
I Love You
Te iubesc
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Samahani
Dialects
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
250,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
5,000.00NA
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Croatia
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
1,400.00NA
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1012
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million150.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %NA
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
24.00 million15.00 million
0.13
873
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Second Language Speakers
4.00 millionNA
0.01
400
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Native Name
Română
-9999
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
roumain; moldave
swahili
German Name
Rumänisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Romanians
Swahili people or Waswahili
History
Origin
1521
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Romanian
Swahili
Language Position
36NA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
ro
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
swa
ISO 639 2/B
rum
swa
ISO 639 3
ron
swa
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
roma1327
swah1254
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available