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Romanian vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
31  
13
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
15  
12

How Many Consonants
20  
10
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

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

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

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

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Namibia  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
19.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
10.30 million  
40

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  

History

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
36  
33
23  
21

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Romanian and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Afrikaans language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. 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 Afrikaans Language History.

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

Romanian vs Afrikaans Difficulty

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

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