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Kazakh and Oromo


Oromo and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Somali Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
17  
7
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
akkam  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
Maaloo  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
bye  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
31
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
28
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
25
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
kazakh  
galla  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Oromos  

History

Origin
17th Century  
16  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Cushitic  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
93  
99+
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
orm  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
orm  

ISO 639 6
kaz  
orm  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Kazakh and Oromo Speaking population

Kazakh and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % 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 Kazakh and Oromo on Kazakh vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Oromo Language Codes

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

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