Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
20
0
46
👆🏻
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 in
Alphabets
3443
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1011
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2434
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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)
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
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Kenya
India
How Many People Speak
13,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1713
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
Origin
16
19th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Bhojpuri
Language Position
9137
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
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
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-