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
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Belgium, Netherlands
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
roma1327
mode1257
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
52-ACB-a
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.