Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
India
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
India
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
scuze
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
La revedere
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
Not Available
  
Native Name
Română
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
oriya
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Odias
  
Origin
1521
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available