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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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