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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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