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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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