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Oromo
Oromo

Cebuano
Cebuano



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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
Philippines

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Philippines

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters

Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.

Similar To

Somali Language
Hiligaynon Language

Derived From

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Island of Cebu

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3421
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2416
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

52
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks3 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
Hoy

Thank You

Galatoomi
Salamat

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
Kumusta man ka?

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
Maayong Gabii

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
Maayong Gabii

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
Maayong Hapon

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
Maayong Buntag

Please

Maaloo
Palihug

Sorry

naa dhiisi
Ikasubo ko

Bye

Nagayattii!
Babay

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
Gihigugma ko ikaw

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
Ekskyus mi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
Boholano

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
Bohol

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
Southern Kana

Where They Speak

Kenya
southern Leyte

How Many People Speak

66,000.0021,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
North Kana

Where They Speak

Kenya
northern part of Leyte

How Many People Speak

13,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

174
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million20.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %0.32 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million21.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million14.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
Visayan

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan

French Name

galla
cebuano

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Cebuano

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
[sɛbuˈɑno]

Ethnicity

Oromos
Cebuano people

History

Origin

16
16th century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
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Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Standard Cebuano

Language Position

9162
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

om
No data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
ceb

ISO 639 2/B

orm
ceb

ISO 639 3

orm
ceb

ISO 639 6

orm
ceb

Glottocode

nucl1736
cebu1242

Linguasphere

No data available
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Verb-Subject-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Oromo and Cebuano Alphabets

Oromo and Cebuano Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and Cebuano. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Cebuano Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Oromo and Cebuano languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and Cebuano are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Oromo and Cebuano Speaking population

Oromo and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Oromo vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Cebuano Language Codes

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