Oromo and Burmese
Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Myanmar
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
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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
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Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Where They Speak
Kenya
Myanmar
Where They Speak
Kenya
Burma
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Bamar people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1736
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Oromo and Burmese 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 Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Oromo and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oromo are spoken in different Oromo Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oromo vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oromo dialects include: Borana, Orma. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Oromo and Burmese Speaking population
Oromo and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Oromo vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Oromo and Burmese Language Codes
Oromo and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oromo and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.