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Serbian vs Romanian


Romanian vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
6   
9

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
alo   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
bună Dimineața   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
scuze   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
La revedere   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Megleno-Romanian   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
Română   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
serbe   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Serbisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Romanians   

History

Origin
11th Century   
1521   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Romanian   

Language Position
44   
33
36   
28

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
rum   

ISO 639 3
srp   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Serbian and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Romanian language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Serbian and Romanian Language History.

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Serbian and Romanian 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 Serbian and Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Romanian language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Serbian vs Romanian Difficulty

The Serbian vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Romanian 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 Serbian and Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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