Countries
South Africa
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
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 in
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Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Afrikaans and Romanian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Afrikaans and Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Romanian language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Romanian Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Romanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Afrikaans and Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.