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
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
Not Available
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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
Not Available
Somali Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
I Love You
I love you
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
American English
Borana
Where They Speak
United States of America
Ethiopia, Kenya
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Orma
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Kenya
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Wata
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Kenya
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Not Available
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
anglais
galla
German Name
Englisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Oromos
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Afaan Oromo
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
nucl1736
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English 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 English and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Oromo language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common English Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Oromo Difficulty
The English vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.