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Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
10  
7

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
Mange tak  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
God nat  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
God aften  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
God morgen  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
Please  
Maaloo  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
Farvel  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
17  
16

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
dansk  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
danois  
galla  

German Name
Dänisch  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Oromos  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
16  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
18  
16
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
orm  

ISO 639 3
dan  
orm  

ISO 639 6
dan  
orm  

Glottocode
dani1284  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Danish and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Oromo language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Danish and Oromo Language History.

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Danish and Oromo Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Danish and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Oromo language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Danish vs Oromo Difficulty

The Danish vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish Alphabets and Oromo Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Danish and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is 44 weeks.

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