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Countries

Countries

Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Ethiopia, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

72
0 46
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National Language

Germany
Ethiopia

Second Language

North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Somalia

Regulated By

Council for German Orthography
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Interesting Facts

  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.

Similar To

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Somali Language

Derived From

Albanian Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2634
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1010
0 32
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How Many Consonants

924
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
akkam

Thank You

Danke
Galatoomi

How Are You?

Wie geht es dir?
Attam jirta/jirtu?

Good Night

gute Nacht
Nagayattii buli

Good Evening

guten Abend
Akkam waarite

Good Afternoon

guten Tag
Attam oolte / ooltan

Good Morning

guten Morgen
Attam bulte/bultan

Please

bitte
Maaloo

Sorry

Verzeihung
naa dhiisi

Bye

Tschüs
Nagayattii!

I Love You

Ich liebe dich
Sin jaaladha

Excuse Me

Entschuldigung
Maaloo na dabarsi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Swiss German
Borana

Where They Speak

Switzerland
Ethiopia, Kenya

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.004,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Swabian German
Orma

Where They Speak

Germany
Kenya

How Many People Speak

820,000.0066,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Texas German
Wata

Where They Speak

Texas
Kenya

How Many People Speak

6,000.0013,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2817
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

229.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.39 %0.36 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

101.00 million24.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

128.00 million35.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Deutsch
Afaan Oromo

Alternative Names

Deutsch, Tedesco
Afaan Oromoo

French Name

allemand
galla

German Name

Deutsch
Galla-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ɔrɔmɔ]

Ethnicity

Germans
Oromos

History

Origin

6th Century AD
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Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Cushitic

Branch

Western
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Afaan Oromo

Language Position

991
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed German
Oromo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

de
om

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

deu
orm

ISO 639 2/B

ger
orm

ISO 639 3

deu
orm

ISO 639 6

deus
orm

Glottocode

high1287, uppe1397
nucl1736

Linguasphere

52-ACB–dl & -dm
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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German and Oromo Alphabets

German and Oromo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in German and Oromo. In German Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters. To learn German and Oromo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of German and Oromo languages. The German phonology consist German vowels and German consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at German greetings vs Oromo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether German and Oromo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

German and Oromo Speaking population

German and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of German and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Oromo on German vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Oromo Language Codes

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