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Japanese vs Romanian


Romanian vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Japan  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Palau  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
14  
4
20  
10

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
alo  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
multumesc  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
bună Dimineața  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
scuze  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
La revedere  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Aromanian  

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

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
250,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Megleno-Romanian  

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,400.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
4.00 million  
30

Native Name
日本語  
Română  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
japonais  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Japanisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Romanians  

History

Origin
1185  
1521  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Romanian  

Language Position
8  
8
36  
28

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
rum  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
ron  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Japanese and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Romanian language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Romanian Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Romanian language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Romanian Difficulty

The Japanese vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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