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Afrikaans vs Romanian


Romanian vs 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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Afrikaans and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Romanian language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Afrikaans and Romanian Language History.

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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.

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