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Mongolian and Oromo


Oromo and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
China, Mongolia  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language  
Somali Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35  
17
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
10  
7

How Many Consonants
20  
10
24  
14

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
akkam  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
Maaloo  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
99+
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
5,700,000.00  
35
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
17  
16

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
mongol  
galla  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Mongols  
Oromos  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
16  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
26  
24
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
orm  

ISO 639 3
mon  
orm  

ISO 639 6
mon  
orm  

Glottocode
mong1331  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Mongolian and Oromo Speaking population

Mongolian and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 % 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 Mongolian and Oromo on Mongolian vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mongolian and Oromo Language Codes

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

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