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
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Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
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 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
roma1327
afri1274
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic
Romanian and Afrikaans 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 Romanian and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Afrikaans language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Romanian vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Romanian vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Romanian and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.