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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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