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Dutch vs Romanian


Romanian vs 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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Dutch and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Romanian language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Romanian Language History.

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Dutch 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 Dutch and Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Romanian language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dutch vs Romanian Difficulty

The Dutch vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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