Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
hallo
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
goeie more
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
scuze
  
jammer
  
Bye
La revedere
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
Română
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
1521
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic
  
Romanian and Afrikaans Speaking population
Romanian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Romanian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Romanian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Romanian and Afrikaans on Romanian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Romanian and Afrikaans Language Codes
Romanian and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Romanian and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.