Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Assam, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Somalia
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Regulated By
-
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Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Somali Language
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3445
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1020
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2425
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks34 weeks
3
88
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Hello
akkam
नमस्कार
Thank You
Galatoomi
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
बोडो
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
Maaloo
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
naa dhiisi
दु:खित
Bye
Nagayattii!
Lwrbw
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Borana
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Kenya
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
66,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Kenya
Assam, India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
13,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
173
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million0.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million0.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afaan Oromo
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
galla
bodo
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Bodo
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Origin
16
1913
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
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Language Position
9130
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Signed Bodo
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
br
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
brx
ISO 639 2/B
orm
brx
ISO 639 3
orm
brx
ISO 639 6
orm
brx
Glottocode
nucl1736
bodo1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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