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Oromo and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Somalia  
India  

Regulated By
-  
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
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
34  
16
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

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
4,000,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Orma  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Wata  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
99+
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
38
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
0.47 million  
99+

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  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
91  
99+
31  
29

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
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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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.

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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.

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