Countries
Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Somali Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Not Available
Caucasian languages
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3462
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
102
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2460
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
5NA
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
NA27 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
akkam
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Galatoomi
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Maaloo
Not Available
Sorry
naa dhiisi
Not Available
Bye
Nagayattii!
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
Not available
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Not available
Dialects
Dialect 1
Borana
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Kenya
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
66,000.00NA
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Wata
Sadz
Where They Speak
Kenya
Turkey
How Many People Speak
13,000.00NA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
173
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million0.13 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %NA
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
24.00 million0.13 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afaan Oromo
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
galla
abkhaze
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Oromos
Abkhaz people
History
Origin
16
c. 1650
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Cushitic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Abkhaz
Language Position
91NA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
om
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
abk
ISO 639 2/B
orm
abk
ISO 639 3
orm
abk
ISO 639 6
Not Available
abks
Glottocode
nucl1736
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative