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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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