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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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