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Romanian vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
6  
9

National Language
Germany  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
9  
1
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
30 weeks  
9
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
alo  

Thank You
Danke  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
bună Dimineața  

Please
bitte  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
scuze  

Bye
Tschüs  
La revedere  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Aromanian  

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
250,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Megleno-Romanian  

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

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
1,400.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
4.00 million  
30

Native Name
Deutsch  
Română  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
allemand  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Deutsch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Romanians  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Romanian  

Language Position
9  
9
36  
28

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
rum  

ISO 639 3
deu  
ron  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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German and Romanian Language History

Comparison of German vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of German and Romanian language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Romanian Language History.

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

German vs Romanian Difficulty

The German vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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