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Afrikaans and Oromo


Oromo and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
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Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
10  
7

How Many Consonants
17  
7
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
akkam  

Thank You
Dankie  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
goeie nag  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
goeie more  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
asseblief  
Maaloo  

Sorry
jammer  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
Totsiens  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Borana  

Where They Speak
-  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
40
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Orma  

Where They Speak
-  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
99+
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
17  
16

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
40
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
Afrikaans  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
afrikaans  
galla  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Oromos  

History

Origin
17th Century  
16  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Cushitic  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
23  
21
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
orm  

ISO 639 3
afr  
orm  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
orm  

Glottocode
afri1274  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
-  

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

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Afrikaans and Oromo Speaking population

Afrikaans and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % 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 Afrikaans and Oromo on Afrikaans vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Oromo Language Codes

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

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