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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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