Romanian vs. Italian - Is Romanian similar to Italian? In this language comparison, we’re comparing two romance languages: Romanian and Italian. The lexical similarity of Romanian with Italian has been estimated at 77%, making them quite similar. In fact, Italian is the Romance language with the most similarity to Romanian. 65 million people speak Italian, making it the 4th most spoken Romance language. Romanian is spoken by 24 million people, making it the 5th most spoken Romance language. So, how similar are Romanian and Italian? Watch the video and let us know what you think. Could a Romanian speaker understand an Italian speaker? For more language comparison and language-learning videos, subscribe to Language of Earth on YouTube. null Have an idea for a language comparison video? Share your ideas in the comments! #Romanian #Italian