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Kurdish vs Oromo


Oromo vs Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Somalia  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Somali Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
29  
19
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
akkam  

Thank You
Sipas  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
Bê zehmet  
Maaloo  

Sorry
Bibûre  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Borana  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Kenya  

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

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
kurde  
galla  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Oromos  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
16  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
14  
13
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
orm  

ISO 639 3
kur  
orm  

ISO 639 6
kur  
orm  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Kurdish and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Oromo language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE 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 Kurdish and Oromo Language History.

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

Kurdish vs Oromo Difficulty

The Kurdish vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is 44 weeks.

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