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Oromo
Oromo

Akan
Akan



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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
Ghana, Ivory coast

Total No. Of Countries

22
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Ghana

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Somalia
Benin, United States of America

Regulated By

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Akan Orthography Committee

Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.

Similar To

Somali Language
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3421
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1010
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2416
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
ete-sen

Thank You

Galatoomi
meda ase

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
wo ho te sɛn?

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
maadwo

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
maadwo

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
maaha

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
maakye

Please

Maaloo
wae

Sorry

naa dhiisi
Kafra

Bye

Nagayattii!
bye

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
Me doכ wo

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
mepa wo kyɛw

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
Asante

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
Ghana

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
Akuapem

Where They Speak

Kenya
Ghana

How Many People Speak

66,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Fante

Where They Speak

Kenya
Ghana

How Many People Speak

13,000.001,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

173
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million11.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million11.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
Akan

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
Twi, Fante

French Name

galla
akan

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Akan-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
[ˈaːkã]

Ethnicity

Oromos
Akan people

History

Origin

16
15

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
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Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Akan

Language Position

91104
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Akan Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

om
ak

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
aka

ISO 639 2/B

orm
aka

ISO 639 3

orm
aka

ISO 639 6

orm
aka

Glottocode

nucl1736
akan1251

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Oromo and Akan Alphabets

Oromo and Akan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and Akan. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Oromo and Akan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and Akan languages. The Oromo phonology consist Oromo vowels and Oromo consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Oromo greetings vs Akan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and Akan are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Oromo and Akan Speaking population

Oromo and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Oromo and Akan on Oromo vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Akan Language Codes

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