Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
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.
  
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
scuze
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
La revedere
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
Not Available
  
Native Name
Română
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
serbe
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Serbs
  
Origin
1521
  
11th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
Standard Serbian
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available