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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
Romanian.jpg#200   
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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