Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Moldova, Romania
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Latin
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
multumesc
Asante
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Habari gani?
Good Night
noapte Buna
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
buna Seara
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
Habari za asubuhi
I Love You
Te iubesc
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Samahani
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Croatia
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Română
Not Available
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
roumain; moldave
swahili
German Name
Rumänisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Romanians
Swahili people or Waswahili
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Romanian
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
roma1327
swah1254
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Romanian and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Swahili language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Romanian vs Swahili Difficulty
The Romanian vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.