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Romanian vs Italian


Italian vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
7  
8

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

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

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
16  
6

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  
ciao  

Thank You
multumesc  
grazie  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Come stai?  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
buongiorno  

Please
Vă Rog  
Per Favore  

Sorry
scuze  
scusate  

Bye
La revedere  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Romanesco  

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

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
38
3,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
37
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
0.90 %  
22

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
30
14.00 million  
20

Native Name
Română  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Italiano  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
italien  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Italians  

History

Origin
1521  
960 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Italian  

Language Position
36  
28
27  
23

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
ita  

ISO 639 3
ron  
ita  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
itas  

Glottocode
roma1327  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
51-AAA-q  

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 Italian Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Italian language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian Language History.

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

Romanian vs Italian Difficulty

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

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