Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
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 in
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Dutch-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
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Netherlands
  
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
28.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.