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Oromo
Oromo

Arabic
Arabic



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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Total No. Of Countries

223
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.

Similar To

Somali Language
Amharic and Hebrew

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3428
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

108
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2428
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic

Writing Direction

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Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

54
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
مرحبا

Thank You

Galatoomi
شكرا

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
كيف حالك؟

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
تصبح على خير

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
مساء الخير

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
مساء الخير

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
صباح الخير

Please

Maaloo
من فضلك

Sorry

naa dhiisi
آسف

Bye

Nagayattii!
وداعا

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
أحبك

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
اعذرني

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
Maghrebi

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.00310,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
Sudanese

Where They Speak

Kenya
Sudan

How Many People Speak

66,000.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Levantine

Where They Speak

Kenya
Cyprus, Levant

How Many People Speak

13,000.0021,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1726
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million452.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %4.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million206.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million246.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
(al arabiya) العربية

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

French Name

galla
arabe

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Arabisch

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/

Ethnicity

Oromos
Arabs

History

Origin

16
512 CE

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Semitic

Branch

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North Arabic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Modern Standard Arabic

Language Position

9125
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Signed Arabic

Scope

Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

om
ar

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
ara

ISO 639 2/B

orm
ara

ISO 639 3

orm
ara

ISO 639 6

orm
ara

Glottocode

nucl1736
arab1395

Linguasphere

No data available
12-AAC

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Oromo and Arabic Alphabets

Oromo and Arabic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and Arabic. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Oromo and Arabic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and Arabic are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Oromo and Arabic Speaking population

Oromo and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Oromo vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Arabic Language Codes

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