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Romanian and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
6  
9

National Language
Russia  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
alo  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
bună Dimineața  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
scuze  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
La revedere  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Русский  
Română  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
russe  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Russisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Romanians  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Romanian  

Language Position
7  
7
36  
33

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
rum  

ISO 639 3
rus  
ron  

ISO 639 6
rus  
ron  

Glottocode
russ1263  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All Russian and Romanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Romanian dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Romanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Romanian Dialects are spoken in different Romanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Romanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Romanian dialects include: Aromanian , Megleno-Romanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Romanian Speaking population

Russian and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Romanian on Russian vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Romanian Language Codes

Russian and Romanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Romanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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