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Oromo
Oromo

Dzongkha
Dzongkha



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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
Bhutan

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Bhutan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Somalia
India

Regulated By

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Dzongkha Development Commission

Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.

Similar To

Somali Language
Sikkimese Language

Derived From

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Tibetan Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3495
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2430
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks38 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
Kuzoozangpo La

Thank You

Galatoomi
Kaadinchhey La

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
lek shom ay zim

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ

Please

Maaloo
བསྐྱར་མ་

Sorry

naa dhiisi
Tsip maza

Bye

Nagayattii!
Log Jay Gay

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
Nga cheu lu ga

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
Tsip maza

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
Laya

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
Bhutan

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.001,100.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
Lunana

Where They Speak

Kenya
Bhutan

How Many People Speak

66,000.00700.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Adap

Where They Speak

Kenya
Bhutan

How Many People Speak

13,000.00130,000.00
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 million0.64 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million0.17 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million0.47 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar

French Name

galla
dzongkha

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Dzongkha

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]

Ethnicity

Oromos
Ngalop people

History

Origin

16
17th Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
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Branch

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Tibeto-Burman

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Dzongkha

Language Position

9131
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

om
dz

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
dzo

ISO 639 2/B

orm
dzo

ISO 639 3

orm
dzo

ISO 639 6

orm
dzo

Glottocode

nucl1736
nucl1307

Linguasphere

No data available
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Oromo and Dzongkha Alphabets

Oromo and Dzongkha Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and Dzongkha. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Dzongkha Alphabets there are 95 letters. To learn Oromo and Dzongkha languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and Dzongkha are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Oromo and Dzongkha Speaking population

Oromo and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. 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 Dzongkha on Oromo vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Dzongkha Language Codes

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