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German and Oromo


Oromo and German


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

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  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
10  
7

How Many Consonants
9  
1
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

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
4,500,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Kenya  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
35.00 million  
24

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  
16  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Cushitic  

Branch
Western  
-  

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
9  
9
91  
99+

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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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.

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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.

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