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Romanian vs Armenian


Armenian vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Armenian Highland   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Armenian National 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.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Greek   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200   
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
31   
13
38   
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Armenian manuscript   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
12   
9

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Բարեւ (Barev)   

Thank You
multumesc   
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Բարի օր (Bari or)   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   

Please
Vă Rog   
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   

Sorry
scuze   
կներեք (knerek’)   

Bye
La revedere   
Ց'տեսություն   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Eastern Armenian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Western Armenian   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Not Applicable   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Not Applicable   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
6.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
6.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
arménien   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Armenisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Armenians   

History

Origin
1521   
late 5th 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   
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   

Language Position
36   
28
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
hy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
hye   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
arm   

ISO 639 3
ron   
hye   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
arme1241   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
57-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Romanian and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Armenian language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. 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 Armenian Language History.

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Romanian and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Armenian language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Romanian vs Armenian Difficulty

The Romanian vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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