Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
France
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
scuze
  
désolé
  
Bye
La revedere
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
Română
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
Français
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
français
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1521
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic