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Oromo and Gujarati


Gujarati and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Somalia  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
24  
14
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
Maaloo  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Orma  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Wata  
Surati  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
-  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
38
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
galla  
goudjrati  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
16  
15  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
91  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
guj  

ISO 639 3
orm  
guj  

ISO 639 6
orm  
guj  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Oromo and Gujarati Speaking population

Oromo and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Oromo vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Gujarati Language Codes

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

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