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Arabic vs Romanian


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
Arabic.jpg#200   
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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