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Romanian vs Spanish
Romanian and Spanish sit in the same corner of the writing-system map — Grafle's Latin group — and players mix them up constantly. Here's the fastest way to tell them apart.
The tell
Romanian's ă, ș, ț and î don't exist in Spanish; Spanish's ñ and ¿ ¡ don't exist in Romanian.
Side by side
Romanian
Toate ființele umane se nasc libere și egale în demnitate.
Bună ziua, ce mai faceți?
Apa trece, pietrele rămân.
Romanian's own tells
- Comma-below letters ș and ț plus ă — a Romance language that looks Italian until you spot them.
On signs in:
- Romania
- Moldova
Spanish
Todos los seres humanos nacen libres e iguales, ¿no es cierto?
¿Cómo estás? Mañana será otro día.
¡Año nuevo, vida nueva!
Spanish's own tells
- Look for ñ and the inverted opening marks ¿ ¡ — no other language uses them.
- Common little words: el, la, los, y, es.
On signs in:
- Spain
- Mexico
- Colombia
- Argentina
- Peru
- Venezuela
- Chile
- Ecuador
- Guatemala
- Cuba
- Bolivia
- Dominican Republic
- Honduras
- Paraguay
- El Salvador
- Nicaragua
- Costa Rica
- Panama
- Uruguay
- Equatorial Guinea
- Puerto Rico