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Romanian vs Dutch


Dutch vs 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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Romanian and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Dutch language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Romanian and Dutch Language History.

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

Romanian vs Dutch Difficulty

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

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