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Nepali vs Oromo


Oromo vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nepal  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
36  
26
24  
14

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
akkam  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
कृपया  
Maaloo  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Orma  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
népalais  
galla  

German Name
Nepali  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Oromos  

History

Origin
19 BC  
16  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Cushitic  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
59  
99+
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
orm  

ISO 639 3
npi  
orm  

ISO 639 6
nep  
orm  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Nepali and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Oromo language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 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 Nepali and Oromo Language History.

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

Nepali vs Oromo Difficulty

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

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