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Oromo
Oromo

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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

233
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Somalia
South Africa

Regulated By

-
-

Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Somali Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3426
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2421
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

57
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
Hello

Thank You

Galatoomi
Thank you

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
How are you?

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
Good Night

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
Good Morning

Please

Maaloo
Please

Sorry

naa dhiisi
Sorry

Bye

Nagayattii!
Bye

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
I love you

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
American English

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
United States of America

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Kenya
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

66,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Kenya
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

13,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

17188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
English

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
English

French Name

galla
anglais

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Englisch

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Oromos
English people

History

Origin

16
5th Century AD

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Standard English

Language Position

913
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

om
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
eng

ISO 639 2/B

orm
eng

ISO 639 3

orm
eng

ISO 639 6

orm
engs

Glottocode

nucl1736
stan1293

Linguasphere

No data available
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Oromo and English Alphabets

Oromo and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and English. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Oromo and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and English 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 English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Oromo and English Speaking population

Oromo and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and English languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Oromo vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and English Language Codes

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