Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Somalia
Nynorsk
Regulated By
-
Norwegian Language Council
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Somali Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3429
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
109
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2420
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
akkam
hallo
Thank You
Galatoomi
takk
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
god natt
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
god morgen
Please
Maaloo
Vær så snill
Sorry
naa dhiisi
unnskyld
Bye
Nagayattii!
ha det
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Borana
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Kenya
Sogn
How Many People Speak
66,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Kenya
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
13,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1719
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million5.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
Norsk
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Norsk
French Name
galla
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Oromos
Norwegians
Origin
16
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
9118
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
om
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
nor
ISO 639 2/B
orm
nor
ISO 639 3
orm
nor
ISO 639 6
orm
nor
Glottocode
nucl1736
norw1258
Linguasphere
No data available
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional