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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Ethiopia, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

332
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Ethiopia

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa

Minority Language

South Africa
Somalia

Regulated By

-
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Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.

Similar To

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Somali Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2634
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2124
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

75
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
akkam

Thank You

Thank you
Galatoomi

How Are You?

How are you?
Attam jirta/jirtu?

Good Night

Good Night
Nagayattii buli

Good Evening

Good Evening
Akkam waarite

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan

Good Morning

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan

Please

Please
Maaloo

Sorry

Sorry
naa dhiisi

Bye

Bye
Nagayattii!

I Love You

I love you
Sin jaaladha

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Borana

Where They Speak

United States of America
Ethiopia, Kenya

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.004,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Orma

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Kenya

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0066,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Wata

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Kenya

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0013,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

18817
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.36 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million24.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million35.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
Afaan Oromo

Alternative Names

English
Afaan Oromoo

French Name

anglais
galla

German Name

Englisch
Galla-Sprache

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[ɔrɔmɔ]

Ethnicity

English people
Oromos

History

Origin

5th Century AD
16

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

-
Cushitic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard English
Afaan Oromo

Language Position

391
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Oromo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

en
om

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
orm

ISO 639 2/B

eng
orm

ISO 639 3

eng
orm

ISO 639 6

engs
orm

Glottocode

stan1293
nucl1736

Linguasphere

52-ABA
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Oromo Alphabets

English and Oromo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Oromo. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters. To learn English and Oromo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Oromo languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Oromo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Oromo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

English and Oromo Speaking population

English and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of English and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Oromo on English vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Oromo Language Codes

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