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Romanian vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
6   
9

National Language
France   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Latin   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
alo   

Thank You
Merci   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
bună Dimineața   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
désolé   
scuze   

Bye
au revoir   
La revedere   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
African French   
Megleno-Romanian   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
français   
Română   

Alternative Names
Français   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
français   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Französisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Romanians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1521   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Romanian   

Language Position
13   
12
36   
28

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
rum   

ISO 639 3
fra   
ron   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
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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French and Romanian Language History

Comparison of French vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of French and Romanian language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Romanian Language History.

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

French vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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