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Oromo vs German


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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