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Romanian vs Spanish


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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