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Arabic and Oromo


Oromo and Arabic


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
23  
4
2  
13

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  
-  

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
28  
18
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

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
310,000,000.00  
2
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
35.00 million  
24

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  
16  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Cushitic  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
25  
23
91  
99+

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  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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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.

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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.

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