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Afrikaans vs Oromo


Oromo vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
32   
14
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
10   
7

How Many Consonants
17   
7
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.36 %   
36

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   

History

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   
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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Afrikaans and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Oromo language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16. 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 Afrikaans and Oromo Language History.

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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.

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