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Oromo and Norwegian


Norwegian and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
34  
16
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
24  
14
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Orma  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Wata  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
38
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
5.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
91  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

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  

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

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Oromo and Norwegian Speaking population

Oromo and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Oromo and Norwegian on Oromo vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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