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
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
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
I love you
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Borana
American English
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
United States of America
Dialect 2
Orma
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Kenya
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Wata
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Kenya
United Kingdom
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
English
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Not Available
French Name
galla
anglais
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Oromos
Not Available
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Standard English
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
nucl1736
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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.