Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Ethiopia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Somalia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
-
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Somali Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3432
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1015
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2417
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
akkam
hallo
Thank You
Galatoomi
Dankie
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
goeie nag
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
goeie more
Please
Maaloo
asseblief
Sorry
naa dhiisi
jammer
Bye
Nagayattii!
Totsiens
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Borana
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
-
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Kenya
-
How Many People Speak
66,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Kenya
Namibia
How Many People Speak
13,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
173
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Cape Dutch
French Name
galla
afrikaans
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Afrikaners
Origin
16
17th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
9123
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
afr
ISO 639 2/B
orm
afr
ISO 639 3
orm
afr
ISO 639 6
orm
afrs
Glottocode
nucl1736
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic