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
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
أحبك
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Borana
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Kenya
Sudan
Where They Speak
Kenya
Cyprus, Levant
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Arabisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Arabic
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1736
arab1395
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
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.