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Romanian vs German


German vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
7  
8

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Germany  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
10  
7

How Many Consonants
20  
10
9  
1

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
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
alo  
hallo  

Thank You
multumesc  
Danke  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
guten Morgen  

Please
Vă Rog  
bitte  

Sorry
scuze  
Verzeihung  

Bye
La revedere  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Swiss German  

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

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
38
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Swabian German  

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

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
37
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
30
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
Română  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
allemand  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Germans  

History

Origin
1521  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
36  
28
9  
9

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
ger  

ISO 639 3
ron  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
roma1327  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Romanian and German Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and German language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Romanian vs German Difficulty

The Romanian vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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