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Romanian and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
6  
9

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
South Africa  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
alo  

Thank You
dankjewel  
multumesc  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
bună Dimineața  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
sorry  
scuze  

Bye
vaarwel  
La revedere  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
250,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
18
1,400.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
4.00 million  
30

Native Name
Nederlands  
Română  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Romanians  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Romanian  

Language Position
48  
35
36  
28

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
rum  

ISO 639 3
nld  
ron  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mode1257  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All Dutch 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 Dutch and Romanian dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Romanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Romanian Dialects are spoken in different Romanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Romanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Romanian dialects include: Aromanian , Megleno-Romanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Romanian Speaking population

Dutch and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Romanian on Dutch vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Romanian Language Codes

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

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