Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
Nepal
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
People's Republic of China
  
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
Language Academy of Nepal
  
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.
  
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Hindi
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
कृपया
  
Sorry
scuze
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Bye
La revedere
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Română
  
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
népalais
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Nepali
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Origin
1521
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
Nepali
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
ne
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
nep
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
nep
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
npi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
nepa1254
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative