Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Somalia
Mon
Regulated By
-
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Somali Language
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3433
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1012
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2433
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tangut
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
akkam
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Galatoomi
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Maaloo
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
naa dhiisi
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Nagayattii!
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Borana
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Kenya
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
66,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Intha
Where They Speak
Kenya
Burma
How Many People Speak
13,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
175
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
galla
birman
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Bamar people
Origin
16
1113 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Modern Burmese
Language Position
9143
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
mya
ISO 639 2/B
orm
bur
ISO 639 3
orm
mya
ISO 639 6
orm
mya
Glottocode
nucl1736
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating