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Italian vs Romanian


Romanian vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
6   
9

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Latin   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
16   
6
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
ciao   
alo   

Thank You
grazie   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
buonanotte   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
buonasera   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
bună Dimineața   

Please
Per Favore   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
scusate   
scuze   

Bye
arrivederci   
La revedere   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
Italiano   
Română   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
italien   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Italienisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Romanians   

History

Origin
960 BC   
1521   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Romanian   

Language Position
27   
23
36   
28

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
rum   

ISO 639 3
ita   
ron   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
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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Italian and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Romanian language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian and Romanian Language History.

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

Italian vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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