Countries
Japan
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
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 in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
28.00 million
  
38
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.