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Oromo Language

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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
Ethiopia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Somalia
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
1.9 Similar To
Somali Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
34
Rank: 16 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
24
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
akkam
3.2 Thank You
Galatoomi
3.3 How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
3.4 Good Night
Nagayattii buli
3.5 Good Evening
Akkam waarite
3.6 Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
3.7 Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
3.8 Please
Maaloo
3.9 Sorry
naa dhiisi
3.10 Bye
Nagayattii!
3.11 I Love You
Sin jaaladha
3.12 Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Borana
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
4,000,000.00
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Orma
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Kenya
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
66,000.00
Rank: 37 (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Wata
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kenya
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
13,000.00
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
17
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
0.36 %
Rank: 36 (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
24.00 million
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
Afaan Oromo
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
5.3.4 French Name
galla
5.3.5 German Name
Galla-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Oromos
6 History
6.1 Origin
16
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Cushitic
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
91
Rank: 61 (Overall)
Chinese
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
om
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
orm
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
orm
7.3 ISO 639 3
orm
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
nucl1736
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available

Origin of Oromo language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Oromo language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Oromo language states that it was put to use in 16. The history of Oromo language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Oromo Language History. Oromo has no early forms. Afaan Oromo is the standard form of Oromo language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Oromo Language.

Oromo population

Oromo population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Oromo language. Oromo language is spoken by 25.00 million people in the world. Most of the Oromo population lies in the Oromo Speaking Countries. Oromo language is spoken as first language by 24.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Oromo as second language. Get to know Oromo speaking population in detail.

Oromo writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Oromo writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Oromo language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Oromo language. Learn more about . 

Information about Oromo language

Check out all the information about Oromo language here. You may find it interesting to learn Oromo Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Oromo Speaking Countries, Oromo speaking continents and Oromo Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Oromo countries knowing common Oromo Greetings will help you in communicating with Oromo people.

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