Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Moldova, Romania
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Hawaii
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Chinese Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
你好吗?
Good Night
noapte Buna
晚安
Good Evening
buna Seara
晚上好
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
下午好
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
早上好
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Croatia
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Română
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
roumain; moldave
Not Available
German Name
Rumänisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Romanians
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Romanian
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
ro
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
ron
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
rum
Not Available
ISO 639 3
ron
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
roma1327
cant1236
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Romanian and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Cantonese language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Romanian vs Cantonese Difficulty
The Romanian vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.