Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
South Africa
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Latin
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3153
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
710
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2043
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
alo
Molo
Thank You
multumesc
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Unjani
Good Night
noapte Buna
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
buna Seara
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
Molo
Please
Vă Rog
Ndicela
Sorry
scuze
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
La revedere
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Te iubesc
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
South Africa
How Many People Speak
250,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Thembu
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
South Africa
How Many People Speak
5,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Croatia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
1,400.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
109
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
28.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
24.00 million8.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
4.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Română
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
roumain; moldave
xhosa
German Name
Rumänisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Romanians
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
1521
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Romanian
isiXhosa
Language Position
3621
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ro
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
xho
ISO 639 2/B
rum
xho
ISO 639 3
ron
xho
ISO 639 6
ron
xho
Glottocode
roma1327
xhos1239
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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