Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
pardon
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Gronings
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Croatia
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Romanian
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
roma1327
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
51-AAD-c
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
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.