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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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