Countries
South Africa
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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.
Similar To
Dutch Language
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
Dutch Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3231
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
157
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1720
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
alo
Thank You
Dankie
multumesc
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
ce mai faci?
Good Night
goeie nag
noapte Buna
Good Evening
Goeienaand
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
buna Ziua
Good Morning
goeie more
bună Dimineața
Please
asseblief
Vă Rog
Sorry
jammer
scuze
Bye
Totsiens
La revedere
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Aromanian
Where They Speak
-
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
-
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Namibia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
7.001,400.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
19.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million24.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.30 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
Română
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
afrikaans
roumain; moldave
German Name
Afrikaans
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Romanians
Origin
17th Century
1521
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Romanian
Language Position
2336
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
ron
ISO 639 2/B
afr
rum
ISO 639 3
afr
ron
ISO 639 6
afrs
ron
Glottocode
afri1274
roma1327
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic