Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
South Africa
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Dutch Language
Derived From
Latin
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3132
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
715
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2017
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
alo
hallo
Thank You
multumesc
Dankie
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
noapte Buna
goeie nag
Good Evening
buna Seara
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
Goeie middag
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
goeie more
Please
Vă Rog
asseblief
Sorry
scuze
jammer
Bye
La revedere
Totsiens
I Love You
Te iubesc
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
-
How Many People Speak
250,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
-
How Many People Speak
5,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Croatia
Namibia
How Many People Speak
1,400.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
103
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Română
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Cape Dutch
French Name
roumain; moldave
afrikaans
German Name
Rumänisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Afrikaners
Origin
1521
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Romanian
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
3623
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ro
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
afr
ISO 639 2/B
rum
afr
ISO 639 3
ron
afr
ISO 639 6
ron
afrs
Glottocode
roma1327
afri1274
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic