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Gujarati and Oromo


Oromo and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Somalia  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Bengali Language  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
31  
21
24  
14

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
akkam  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
Maaloo  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Borana  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Orma  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Surati  
Wata  

Where They Speak
-  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
goudjrati  
galla  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Oromos  

History

Origin
15  
16  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Cushitic  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
23  
21
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
orm  

ISO 639 3
guj  
orm  

ISO 639 6
guj  
orm  

Glottocode
guja1252  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Gujarati and Oromo Speaking population

Gujarati and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Oromo on Gujarati vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Oromo Language Codes

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

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