Cantonese and Oromo
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Ethiopia, Kenya
National Language
China, Guangdong
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Hawaii
Somalia
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Somali Language
Alphabets in
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Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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How Are You?
你好吗？
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
晚安
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
晚上好
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
下午好
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
早上好
Attam bulte/bultan
I Love You
我爱你
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
原谅我
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Borana
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Ethiopia, Kenya
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Kenya
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Kenya
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
cantonais
galla
German Name
Kantonesisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Oromos
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Afaan Oromo
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Oromo Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
om
ISO 639 3
No data available
orm
Glottocode
cant1236
nucl1736
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Oromo Speaking population
Cantonese and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Oromo on Cantonese vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Oromo Language Codes
Cantonese and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.