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Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
2  
13

National Language
France  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
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Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Italian Language  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
20  
10
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
akkam  

Thank You
Merci  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
Maaloo  

Sorry
désolé  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
au revoir  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Borana  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
African French  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
français  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Français  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
français  
galla  

German Name
Französisch  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
French people  
Oromos  

History

Origin
9th Century  
16  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
13  
12
91  
99+

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
orm  

ISO 639 3
fra  
orm  

ISO 639 6
fras  
orm  

Glottocode
stan1290  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
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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French and Oromo Language History

Comparison of French vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of French and Oromo language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Oromo Language History.

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French 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 French and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Oromo language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common French Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

French vs Oromo Difficulty

The French vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is 44 weeks.

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