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How easy is English for Romanian speakers?

Going from Romanian to English (English) has a composite linguistic distance of 64% (heuristic estimate). Below is the dimension-by-dimension breakdown.

64% distance FSI Cat I (Easiest) — 600–750 hours
Lexical similarity
10%

Shared vocabulary, cognates, and loanwords.

Grammatical distance
57%

Morphology, syntax, word order, cases.

Phonological similarity
0%

Shared sounds and phoneme inventory.

Writing-system match
100%

Latin → Latin

Genealogical kinship
40%

Indo-European ↔ Indo-European

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Sample sentences side-by-side

How everyday sentences look in both languages:

🇷🇴 Romanian
The nation celebrates its independence with music and tradition.
🇬🇧 English
Națiunea sărbătorește independența sa cu muzică și tradiție.
🇷🇴 Romanian
The natural history museum has an important collection of art.
🇬🇧 English
Muzeul de istorie naturală are o colecție importantă de artă.

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