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Romanian vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
6  
9

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Moldova, Romania  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

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

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Romanian.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
28  
18
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
alo  

Thank You
شكرا  
multumesc  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
bună Dimineața  

Please
من فضلك  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
آسف  
scuze  

Bye
وداعا  
La revedere  

I Love You
أحبك  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
250,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Megleno-Romanian  

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

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
1,400.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
4.00 million  
30

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
Română  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
arabe  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Arabisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Romanians  

History

Origin
512 CE  
1521  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Arabic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Romanian  

Language Position
25  
21
36  
28

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
rum  

ISO 639 3
ara  
ron  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Arabic and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Romanian language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Romanian Language History.

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

Arabic vs Romanian Difficulty

The Arabic vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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