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Indonesian vs Oromo


Oromo vs 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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
Not Available   

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   
8
4,000,000.00   
19

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Orma   

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

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
13,000.00   
33

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 %   
14
0.36 %   
36

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
Afaan Oromo   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Afaan Oromoo   

French Name
indonésien   
galla   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Galla-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Oromos   

History

Origin
7th Century   
16   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

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")   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
nucl1736   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Indonesian and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Oromo language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian and Oromo Language History.

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

Indonesian vs Oromo Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.

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