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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam

Total No. Of Countries

25
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
  • Hmong language came from western part of China.

Similar To

Somali Language
Thai and Lao Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3474
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1014
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2460
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

59
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)

Thank You

Galatoomi
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
zoo hmo

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
zoo yav tsaus ntuj

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
zoo tav su

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
zoo thaum sawv ntxov

Please

Maaloo
thov

Sorry

naa dhiisi
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)

Bye

Nagayattii!
Nyob zoo

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
Kuv hlub koj

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
zam txim rau kuv

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
Hmong Njua

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
Laos

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.00310,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
Hmong Daw

Where They Speak

Kenya
China

How Many People Speak

66,000.001,600,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Hmong Do

Where They Speak

Kenya
Vietnam

How Many People Speak

13,000.0031,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

176
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million4.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million3.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million4.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
Hmong

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
Mong

French Name

galla
hmong

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Miao-Sprachen

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
[môŋ]

Ethnicity

Oromos
Hmong people

History

Origin

16
19

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Hmong–Mien Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Hmong

Language Position

9124
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Hmong Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

om
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
hmn

ISO 639 2/B

orm
hmn

ISO 639 3

orm
hmv

ISO 639 6

orm
hmn

Glottocode

nucl1736
firs1234

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Oromo and Hmong Alphabets

Oromo and Hmong Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and Hmong. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Hmong Alphabets there are 74 letters. To learn Oromo and Hmong languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and Hmong 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 Hmong greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and Hmong are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Oromo and Hmong Speaking population

Oromo and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 %. 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 Hmong on Oromo vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Hmong Language Codes

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