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Oromo
Oromo

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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
India, No official status

Total No. Of Countries

20
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
India

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Somalia
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

Regulated By

-
-

Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.

Similar To

Somali Language
Maithili and Magahi

Derived From

-
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3443
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1011
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2434
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Devanagari

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

54
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
प्रणाम (prannam)

Thank You

Galatoomi
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
राम राम (raam raam)

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
राम राम (raam raam)

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
राम राम (raam raam)

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
राम राम (raam raam)

Please

Maaloo
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)

Sorry

naa dhiisi
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)

Bye

Nagayattii!
प्रणाम (prannam)

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
Caribbean Hindustani

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
Fiji Hindi

Where They Speak

Kenya
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America

How Many People Speak

66,000.00380,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Tharu Bhojpuri

Where They Speak

Kenya
India

How Many People Speak

13,000.0038,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1713
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million40.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %0.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million40.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million38.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas

French Name

galla
bhojpuri

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Bhojpuri

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/

Ethnicity

Oromos
Bhojpuri speakers

History

Origin

16
19th Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
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Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Bhojpuri

Language Position

9137
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

om
No data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
bho

ISO 639 2/B

orm
bho

ISO 639 3

orm
bho

ISO 639 6

orm
bho

Glottocode

nucl1736
bhoj1246

Linguasphere

No data available
59-AAF-sa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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-

Language Morphological Typology

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Oromo and Bhojpuri Alphabets

Oromo and Bhojpuri Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and Bhojpuri. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Bhojpuri Alphabets there are 43 letters. To learn Oromo and Bhojpuri languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and Bhojpuri are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Oromo and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Oromo and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Bhojpuri on Oromo vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Bhojpuri Language Codes

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