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Oromo and German


German and Oromo


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

National Language
Ethiopia  
Germany  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Council for German Orthography  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

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

Derived From
Not Available  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
10  
7

How Many Consonants
24  
14
9  
1

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  
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
hallo  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
Danke  

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

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
guten Morgen  

Please
Maaloo  
bitte  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Switzerland  

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

Dialect 2
Orma  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Germany  

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

Dialect 3
Wata  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Texas  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
36
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
galla  
allemand  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Germans  

History

Origin
16  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

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

Language Position
91  
99+
9  
9

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed German  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
ger  

ISO 639 3
orm  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
high1287, uppe1397  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Oromo and German Speaking population

Oromo and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and German languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Oromo vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and German Language Codes

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

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