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Oromo and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Japan  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Africa  

Minority Language
Palau  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Korean Language  
Somali Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
14  
4
24  
14

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
akkam  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
Maaloo  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Wata  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
日本語  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
japonais  
galla  

German Name
Japanisch  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Oromos  

History

Origin
1185  
16  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
8  
8
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
orm  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
orm  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
orm  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Japanese and Oromo Speaking population

Japanese and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Oromo on Japanese vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Oromo Language Codes

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

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