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Catalan vs Romanian


Romanian vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
6  
9

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Spain  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Romanian.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
23  
13
20  
10

Scripts
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
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
alo  

Thank You
Gràcies  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Bona nit  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
bună Dimineața  

Please
Sisplau  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
Perdó!  
scuze  

Bye
Adéu  
La revedere  

I Love You
T'estimo  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
35
250,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Megleno-Romanian  

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

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
19
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,400.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
28
4.00 million  
30

Native Name
català  
Română  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Romanians  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Romanian  

Language Position
Not Available  
36  
28

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
rum  

ISO 639 3
cat  
ron  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1289  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e  
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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Catalan and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Romanian language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 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 Catalan and Romanian Language History.

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

Catalan vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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