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Russian vs Romanian


Romanian vs 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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Russian and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Romanian language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Russian and Romanian Language History.

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Russian and Romanian 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 Russian and Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Romanian language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Russian vs Romanian Difficulty

The Russian vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Romanian 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 Russian and Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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