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Romanian vs Chinese


Chinese vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
5   
10

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
China, Taiwan   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200   
Chinese.jpg#200   

Alphabets
31   
13
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
24   
19

How Many Consonants
20   
10
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
alo   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
multumesc   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
Vă Rog   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
scuze   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
La revedere   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
Română   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Not Available   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
chinois   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Han   

History

Origin
1521   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
36   
28
1   
1

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
chi   

ISO 639 3
ron   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Romanian and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Chinese language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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

Romanian vs Chinese Difficulty

The Romanian vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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