Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
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 in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.