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Oromo and Dutch


Dutch and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Ethiopia   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Somalia   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
Hallo   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
goedemorgen   

Please
Maaloo   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
sorry   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Orma   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Wata   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
galla   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
16   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
91   
99+
48   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
dut   

ISO 639 3
orm   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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All Oromo and Dutch 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 Oromo and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Oromo and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oromo are spoken in different Oromo Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oromo vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oromo dialects include: Borana, Orma. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Oromo and Dutch Speaking population

Oromo and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Oromo and Dutch on Oromo vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Dutch Language Codes

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

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