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Spanish vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
46  
1

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Spain  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

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

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
22  
12

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  
hola  

Thank You
multumesc  
Gracias  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
Buenos Días  

Please
Vă Rog  
Por Favor  

Sorry
scuze  
triste  

Bye
La revedere  
adiós  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Mexican Spanish  

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

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
38
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Cuban Spanish  

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

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
37
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
30
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
Română  
Español  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1521  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
36  
28
2  
2

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
spa  

ISO 639 3
ron  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
roma1327  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Romanian and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Spanish language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Romanian vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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