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Swahili vs Romanian


Romanian vs Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
6  
9

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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  • 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
alo  

Thank You
Asante  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
bună Dimineața  

Please
tafadhali  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
pole  
scuze  

Bye
bye  
La revedere  

I Love You
nakupenda  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Aromanian  

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
250,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,400.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
4.00 million  
30

Native Name
Not Available  
Română  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
swahili  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Swahili  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Romanians  

History

Origin
6th century  
1521  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Romanian  

Language Position
Not Available  
36  
28

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
rum  

ISO 639 3
swa  
ron  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Swahili and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Romanian language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century 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 Swahili and Romanian Language History.

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

Swahili vs Romanian Difficulty

The Swahili vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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