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
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
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
أحبك
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
اعذرني
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Borana
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Ethiopia, Kenya
Where They Speak
Sudan
Kenya
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Kenya
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Afaan Oromoo
German Name
Arabisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Cushitic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Afaan Oromo
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
arab1395
nucl1736
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No data available
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 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 Arabic and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Oromo language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Oromo Difficulty
The Arabic vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Oromo 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 Arabic and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is 44 weeks.