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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
6  
9

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Romanian.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
alo  

Thank You
Thank you  
multumesc  

How Are You?
How are you?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Good Night  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
bună Dimineața  

Please
Please  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
Sorry  
scuze  

Bye
Bye  
La revedere  

I Love You
I love you  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
250,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
1,400.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
4.00 million  
30

Native Name
English  
Română  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
anglais  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Englisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Romanians  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Romanian  

Language Position
3  
3
36  
28

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
rum  

ISO 639 3
eng  
ron  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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English and Romanian Language History

Comparison of English vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of English and Romanian language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Romanian Language History.

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

English vs Romanian Difficulty

The English vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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