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Arabic

Oromo
Oromo



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Countries

Countries

Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Ethiopia, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

232
0 46
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National Language

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Ethiopia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Somalia

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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Interesting Facts

  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.

Similar To

Amharic and Hebrew
Somali Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2834
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

810
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2824
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

45
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
akkam

Thank You

شكرا
Galatoomi

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
Attam jirta/jirtu?

Good Night

تصبح على خير
Nagayattii buli

Good Evening

مساء الخير
Akkam waarite

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
Attam oolte / ooltan

Good Morning

صباح الخير
Attam bulte/bultan

Please

من فضلك
Maaloo

Sorry

آسف
naa dhiisi

Bye

وداعا
Nagayattii!

I Love You

أحبك
Sin jaaladha

Excuse Me

اعذرني
Maaloo na dabarsi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Borana

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Ethiopia, Kenya

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.004,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
Orma

Where They Speak

Sudan
Kenya

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.0066,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Wata

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
Kenya

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.0013,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2617
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %0.36 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million24.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million35.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
Afaan Oromo

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Afaan Oromoo

French Name

arabe
galla

German Name

Arabisch
Galla-Sprache

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[ɔrɔmɔ]

Ethnicity

Arabs
Oromos

History

Origin

512 CE
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Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Cushitic

Branch

North Arabic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Afaan Oromo

Language Position

2591
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Oromo Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
om

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
orm

ISO 639 2/B

ara
orm

ISO 639 3

ara
orm

ISO 639 6

ara
orm

Glottocode

arab1395
nucl1736

Linguasphere

12-AAC
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Arabic and Oromo Alphabets

Arabic and Oromo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Oromo. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters. To learn Arabic and Oromo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Oromo languages. The Arabic phonology consist Arabic vowels and Arabic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Arabic greetings vs Oromo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Oromo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Arabic and Oromo Speaking population

Arabic and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Arabic and Oromo on Arabic vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Oromo Language Codes

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