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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

232
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Somalia
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

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Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Somali Language
Italian Language

Derived From

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Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3426
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

106
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2420
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
bonjour

Thank You

Galatoomi
Merci

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
Bonjour

Please

Maaloo
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

naa dhiisi
désolé

Bye

Nagayattii!
au revoir

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
African French

Where They Speak

Kenya
Africa

How Many People Speak

66,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Kenya
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

13,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1725
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
français

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
Français

French Name

galla
français

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Französisch

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Oromos
French people

History

Origin

16
9th Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Standard French

Language Position

9113
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

om
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
fra

ISO 639 2/B

orm
fre

ISO 639 3

orm
fra

ISO 639 6

orm
fras

Glottocode

nucl1736
stan1290

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Oromo and French Alphabets

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

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

Oromo and French Speaking population

Oromo and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and French languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Oromo vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and French Language Codes

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