Countries
South Africa
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Dutch Language
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
hallo
  
akkam
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
asseblief
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
jammer
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
Not Available
  
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
galla
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Oromos
  
Origin
17th Century
  
16
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Afrikaans and Oromo 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 Afrikaans and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Oromo language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Oromo Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Oromo 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 Afrikaans and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.