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Norwegian and Oromo


Oromo and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Norway  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
20  
10
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
akkam  

Thank You
takk  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
god natt  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
Vær så snill  
Maaloo  

Sorry
unnskyld  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
ha det  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
66,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
13,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
17  
16

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.36 %  
36

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Native Name
Norsk  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
galla  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Oromos  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
16  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Cushitic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
Not Available  
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
orm  

ISO 639 3
nor  
orm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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All Norwegian and Oromo Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Norwegian and Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Oromo Speaking population

Norwegian and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Norwegian and Oromo on Norwegian vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Oromo Language Codes

Norwegian and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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