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Oromo
Oromo

Igbo
Igbo



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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Nigeria

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Somalia
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By

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Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.

Similar To

Somali Language
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3436
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

108
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2428
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
kedụ

Thank You

Galatoomi
dalụ

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
ka chi fo

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

Maaloo
Biko

Sorry

naa dhiisi
Ndo

Bye

Nagayattii!
Kachifo

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
Enuani

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
Ngwa

Where They Speak

Kenya
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

66,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Not present

Where They Speak

Kenya
-

How Many People Speak

13,000.0024.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1720
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
igbo

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
Ibo

French Name

galla
igbo

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

Oromos
Igbo people

History

Origin

16
30th Century BC

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Kwa

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Standard Igbo

Language Position

9157
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

om
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

orm
ibo

ISO 639 3

orm
ibo

ISO 639 6

orm
ibo

Glottocode

nucl1736
nucl1417

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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Agglutinative

Oromo and Igbo Alphabets

Oromo and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and Igbo. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Oromo and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Oromo and Igbo Speaking population

Oromo and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Oromo vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Igbo Language Codes

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