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Italian vs Oromo


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Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
16  
6
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
ciao  
akkam  

Thank You
grazie  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
buonasera  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
Per Favore  
Maaloo  

Sorry
scusate  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
arrivederci  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
Italiano  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
italien  
galla  

German Name
Italienisch  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Oromos  

History

Origin
960 BC  
16  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
27  
25
91  
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
orm  

ISO 639 3
ita  
orm  

ISO 639 6
itas  
orm  

Glottocode
ital1282  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
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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Italian and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Oromo language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Oromo Language History.

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

Italian vs Oromo Difficulty

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

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