Which is harder Romanian or French?
Being a native speaker of a germanic language (swedish) I’d say that romanian isn’t harder than french (or spanish, portuguese or italian) , they are pretty much at the same level.
How long does it take to learn Romanian language?
Romanian is a Category I language. Which means it’s easy to learn for native English speakers. FSI estimates that it will take up to 580 hours or 23 weeks of study to reach Romanian fluency.
How difficult is Romanian?
Romanian is not a difficult language to learn because it is a Romance language, or a Latin language. While its grammar can be challenging, its similarity to other languages makes learning its vocabulary and pronunciation easy and accessible for people who speak similar languages, including Italian and Portuguese.
Is Romanian hard to learn for average English speakers?
Romanian has more than 10\% Slavic loan words, but more strikingly is the pronunciation of the language, which has a distinct Slavic sound to it. Is it difficult to learn Romanian for an average English speaker? Whether a language like Romanian is hard or easy is obviously quite subjective.
Is one language the most difficult to learn in the world?
Defining one language as the most difficult to learn in the world is a tricky concept. The difficulty of learning a language is relative to the learner’s native tongue (or tongues), as well as to any other languages that they may already have learned.
Is Romanian a Slavic language?
Few know that Romanian is a Romance language, similar to French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese; however, due to the country’s geographical position in Eastern Europe, surrounded by Slavic-speaking countries, people think that Romanian is part of the Slavic family. The language does have Slavic roots, but they represent only 10\% of the vocabulary.
How is Romanian influenced by other languages?
It’s geographic location and its long history has meant, however, that the language is strongly influenced by the Slavic languages such as Bulgarian. Romanian has more than 10\% Slavic loan words, but more strikingly is the pronunciation of the language, which has a distinct Slavic sound to it.