Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
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
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
28.00 million
  
38
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.