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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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