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Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
6  
9

National Language
Spain  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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
French Language  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
22  
12
20  
10

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
hola  
alo  

Thank You
Gracias  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
bună Dimineața  

Please
Por Favor  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
triste  
scuze  

Bye
adiós  
La revedere  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Aromanian  

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

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
250,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Megleno-Romanian  

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

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
1,400.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
4.00 million  
30

Native Name
Español  
Română  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Spanisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Romanians  

History

Origin
210 BC  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Romanian  

Language Position
2  
2
36  
28

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
rum  

ISO 639 3
spa  
ron  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Spanish and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Romanian language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Romanian Language History.

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

Spanish vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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