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Romanian vs French


French vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
32   
3

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
France   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Africa, Canada   

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

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

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

Derived From
Latin   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
alo   
bonjour   

Thank You
multumesc   
Merci   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Bonjour   

Please
Vă Rog   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
scuze   
désolé   

Bye
La revedere   
au revoir   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
African French   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Africa   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
Română   
français   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Français   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
français   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1521   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Standard French   

Language Position
36   
28
13   
12

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
fre   

ISO 639 3
ron   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
roma1327   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
51-AAA-i   

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 French Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and French language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th 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 French Language History.

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

Romanian vs French Difficulty

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

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