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Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
33  
2

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Not Available  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
alo  
Hello  

Thank You
multumesc  
Thank you  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
How are you?  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
Good Night  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
Good Morning  

Please
Vă Rog  
Please  

Sorry
scuze  
Sorry  

Bye
La revedere  
Bye  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
American English  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
38
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
37
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
30
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
Română  
English  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Not Available  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
anglais  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1521  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Standard English  

Language Position
36  
28
3  
3

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
eng  

ISO 639 3
ron  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
roma1327  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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