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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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
19

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Orma   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000.00   
33

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
Not Available   
0.36 %   
36

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
Afaan Oromo   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Afaan Oromoo   

French Name
afrikaans   
galla   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Galla-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Oromos   

History

Origin
17th Century   
16   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Cushitic   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Afaan Oromo   

Language Position
Not Available   
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
nucl1736   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Not Available   

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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 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 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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