Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
Russia
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Afganistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
  
Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
спасибо(spasibo)
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
  
Sorry
scuze
  
Извините(Izvinite)
  
Bye
La revedere
  
до свидания(do svidaniya)
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
извините(izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Doukhobor Russian
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Olonets
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Olonets
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Novgorod
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Novgorod
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
276.00 million
  
6
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
166.00 million
  
8
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
110.00 million
  
7
Native Name
Română
  
Русский
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
Russki
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
russe
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Russisch
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Russians
  
Origin
1521
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
Standard Russian
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Signed Russian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
ru
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
rus
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
rus
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
rus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
russ1263
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
53-AAA-ea
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic