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Dutch and Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
6   
9

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

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
alo   
Hallo   

Thank You
multumesc   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
goedemorgen   

Please
Vă Rog   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
scuze   
sorry   

Bye
La revedere   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Gronings   

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

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Low Saxon   

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

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
Română   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
1521   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
36   
28
48   
35

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
dut   

ISO 639 3
ron   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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All Romanian and Dutch Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Romanian and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Romanian and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Romanian are spoken in different Romanian Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Romanian vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Romanian dialects include: Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Romanian and Dutch Speaking population

Romanian and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Romanian and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Romanian and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Romanian vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Romanian and Dutch Language Codes

Romanian and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Romanian and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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