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English vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
33   
2

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

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

Derived From
Latin   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Hello   

Thank You
multumesc   
Thank you   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
How are you?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Good Night   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Good Morning   

Please
Vă Rog   
Please   

Sorry
scuze   
Sorry   

Bye
La revedere   
Bye   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
American English   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Română   
English   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Not Available   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
anglais   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1521   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Standard English   

Language Position
36   
28
3   
3

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
eng   

ISO 639 3
ron   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
roma1327   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Romanian and English Language History

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

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

Romanian vs English Difficulty

The Romanian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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