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Romanian vs Arabic


Arabic vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
23  
4

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, 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  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Arabic.jpg#200  

Alphabets
31  
13
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
alo  
مرحبا  

Thank You
multumesc  
شكرا  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
صباح الخير  

Please
Vă Rog  
من فضلك  

Sorry
scuze  
آسف  

Bye
La revedere  
وداعا  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
38
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
37
21,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
30
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Română  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
arabe  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Arabs  

History

Origin
1521  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
36  
28
25  
21

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
ara  

ISO 639 3
ron  
ara  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
roma1327  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Romanian and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Arabic language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Romanian and Arabic Language History.

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Romanian and Arabic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Romanian and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Arabic language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Romanian vs Arabic Difficulty

The Romanian vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Romanian and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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