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
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
Habari
  
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
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
scuze
  
pole
  
Bye
La revedere
  
bye
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
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
  
Origin
1521
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
ro
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.