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Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Germany  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
10  
7

How Many Consonants
9  
1
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
akkam  

Thank You
Danke  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
bitte  
Maaloo  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
Tschüs  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
4,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
66,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
13,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
0.36 %  
36

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
Not Available  

Native Name
Deutsch  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
allemand  
galla  

German Name
Deutsch  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Oromos  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
16  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Cushitic  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
9  
9
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
orm  

ISO 639 3
deu  
orm  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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German and Oromo Language History

Comparison of German vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of German and Oromo language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Oromo Language History.

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

German vs Oromo Difficulty

The German vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.

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