Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
hej
  
akkam
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
vänligen
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
hej då
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
suédois
  
galla
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Oromos
  
Origin
13th Century
  
16
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swedish and Oromo Speaking population
Swedish and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Oromo on Swedish vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swedish and Oromo Language Codes
Swedish and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swedish and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.