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Romanian and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
6   
9

National Language
Russia   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Romanian.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
alo   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
bună Dimineața   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
scuze   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
La revedere   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Megleno-Romanian   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
Русский   
Română   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
russe   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Russisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Romanians   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1521   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Romanian   

Language Position
7   
7
36   
28

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
rum   

ISO 639 3
rus   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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All Russian and Romanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Romanian dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Romanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Romanian Dialects are spoken in different Romanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Romanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Romanian dialects include: Aromanian , Megleno-Romanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Romanian Speaking population

Russian and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Romanian on Russian vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Romanian Language Codes

Russian and Romanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Romanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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