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Dutch and Oromo


Oromo and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Somali Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
akkam  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Maaloo  

Sorry
sorry  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
vaarwel  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
Nederlands  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
galla  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Oromos  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
16  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Cushitic  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
48  
99+
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
orm  

ISO 639 3
nld  
orm  

ISO 639 6
nld  
orm  

Glottocode
mode1257  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Dutch and Oromo Speaking population

Dutch and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Oromo on Dutch vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Oromo Language Codes

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

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