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Oromo
Oromo

Ilocano
Ilocano



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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
Philippines

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Philippines

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Commission on the Filipino Language

Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.

Similar To

Somali Language
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3432
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
Ilokano Braille, Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

54
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
Kablaaw

Thank You

Galatoomi
Agyamanak

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
Kumusta?

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
Naimbag a rabii

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
Naimbag a sardam

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
Naimbag a malem

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
Naimbag a bigat

Please

Maaloo
mangngegda

Sorry

naa dhiisi
Agpakawanak

Bye

Nagayattii!
Pakada

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
Ayayatenka

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
Maawan-dayawen

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
Balangao

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
Philippines

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.0021,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
Bontoc

Where They Speak

Kenya
Philippines

How Many People Speak

66,000.0041,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Not present

Where They Speak

Kenya
Not present

How Many People Speak

13,000.008,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

172
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million9.10 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %0.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million9.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
ilokano

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
Ilokano, Iloko

French Name

galla
ilocano

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Ilokano-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
[iːloˈkɑno]

Ethnicity

Oromos
Ilocano people

History

Origin

16
18th Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
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Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Modern Ilocano

Language Position

9194
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Ilocano Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

om
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
ilo

ISO 639 2/B

orm
ilo

ISO 639 3

orm
ilo

ISO 639 6

orm
ilo

Glottocode

nucl1736
ilok1237

Linguasphere

No data available
31-CBA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Oromo and Ilocano Alphabets

Oromo and Ilocano Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and Ilocano. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Ilocano Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Oromo and Ilocano languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and Ilocano are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Oromo and Ilocano Speaking population

Oromo and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 %. 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 Ilocano on Oromo vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Ilocano Language Codes

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