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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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