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Oromo vs 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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Arabic and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Oromo language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16. 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 Arabic and Oromo Language History.

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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.

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