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Romanian vs Japanese


Japanese vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Japan   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Palau   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

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

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
alo   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
multumesc   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
Vă Rog   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
scuze   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
La revedere   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Sanuki   

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

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Hakata   

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

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
kansai   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
128.00 million   
9

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Not Available   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
japonais   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
1521   
1185   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Japanese   

Language Position
36   
28
8   
8

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
ron   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Romanian and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Japanese language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Romanian vs Japanese Difficulty

The Romanian vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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