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Romanian vs Swedish


Swedish vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
4   
11

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Sweden   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

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

Derived From
Latin   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
31   
13
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
18   
8

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   
hej   

Thank You
multumesc   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
hur mår du   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
godnatt   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
god morgon   

Please
Vă Rog   
vänligen   

Sorry
scuze   
ledsen   

Bye
La revedere   
hej då   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Dialects   

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

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Dialects   

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

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
France   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Română   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
suédois   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
1521   
13th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
36   
28
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
swe   

ISO 639 3
ron   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Romanian and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Swedish language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Romanian vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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