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Indonesian and Oromo


Oromo and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Indonesia  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Malay language  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
19  
9
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
akkam  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
mohon Untuk  
Maaloo  

Sorry
maaf  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
indonésien  
galla  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Oromos  

History

Origin
7th Century  
16  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
56  
99+
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
orm  

ISO 639 3
ind  
orm  

ISO 639 6
ind  
orm  

Glottocode
indo1316  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Indonesian and Oromo Speaking population

Indonesian and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Oromo on Indonesian vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Oromo Language Codes

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

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