Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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.
  
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
ciao
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
buongiorno
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
scuze
  
scusate
  
Bye
La revedere
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Română
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
Italiano
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
italien
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Italians
  
Origin
1521
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
Italian
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic