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German and Romanian


Romanian and German


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
6   
9

National Language
Germany   
Moldova, Romania   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
9   
1
20   
10

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
30 weeks   
9
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
alo   

Thank You
Danke   
multumesc   

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

Good Night
gute Nacht   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
bună Dimineața   

Please
bitte   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
scuze   

Bye
Tschüs   
La revedere   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Aromanian   

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

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

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Megleno-Romanian   

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

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

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Croatia   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
Deutsch   
Română   

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

French Name
allemand   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Deutsch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Romanians   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
1521   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Romanian   

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

Language Position
9   
9
36   
28

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
rum   

ISO 639 3
deu   
ron   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
roma1327   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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All German and Romanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Romanian dialects. Various dialects of German and Romanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Romanian Dialects are spoken in different Romanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Romanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Romanian dialects include: Aromanian , Megleno-Romanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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German and Romanian Speaking population

German and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of German and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Romanian on German vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Romanian Language Codes

German and Romanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Romanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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