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Afrikaans and Romanian


Romanian and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
South Africa  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • 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
Dutch Language  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
7  
4

How Many Consonants
17  
7
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
alo  

Thank You
Dankie  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
goeie nag  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
goeie more  
bună Dimineața  

Please
asseblief  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
jammer  
scuze  

Bye
Not Available  
La revedere  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
250,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,400.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
22
4.00 million  
30

Native Name
Afrikaans  
Română  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
afrikaans  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Romanians  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Romanian  

Language Position
Not Available  
36  
28

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
rum  

ISO 639 3
afr  
ron  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
afri1274  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Synthetic  

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All Afrikaans and Romanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Romanian dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Romanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Romanian Dialects are spoken in different Romanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Romanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Romanian dialects include: Aromanian , Megleno-Romanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Romanian Speaking population

Afrikaans and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Romanian on Afrikaans vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Romanian Language Codes

Afrikaans and Romanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Romanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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