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Oromo vs Dutch


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Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
Ethiopia  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Somalia  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
-  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
Hallo  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
goedemorgen  

Please
Maaloo  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
sorry  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
vaarwel  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
590,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Orma  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Wata  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
38
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
galla  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
16  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
91  
99+
48  
99+

Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
dut  

ISO 639 3
orm  
nld  

ISO 639 6
orm  
nld  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Oromo and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Dutch language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Oromo and Dutch Language History.

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Oromo and Dutch Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Oromo and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Dutch language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Oromo vs Dutch Difficulty

The Oromo vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Dutch Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Oromo and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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