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Chinese vs Romanian


Romanian vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
6   
9

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200   
Romanian.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
7   
4

How Many Consonants
23   
13
20   
10

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
alo   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
multumesc   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
bună Dimineața   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
scuze   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
La revedere   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Wu   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Yue   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Română   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
chinois   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Romanians   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
1521   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan 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 Chinese   
Romanian   

Language Position
1   
1
36   
28

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
rum   

ISO 639 3
zho   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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Chinese and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Romanian language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Romanian Language History.

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

Chinese vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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