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Romanian vs Greek


Greek vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
3  
12

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

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

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, 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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
alo  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
multumesc  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
Vă Rog  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
scuze  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
La revedere  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Cappadocian Greek  

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

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
38
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Griko  

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

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
50,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
37
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
30
Not Available  

Native Name
Română  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
1521  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Hellenic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
36  
28
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
gre  

ISO 639 3
ron  
ell  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
ells  

Glottocode
roma1327  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
56-AAA-a  

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 Greek Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Greek language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Greek Language History.

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

Romanian vs Greek Difficulty

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

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