Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Ethiopia
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Somalia
United Kingdom
Regulated By
-
Foras na Gaeilge
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Somali Language
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3418
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2413
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
akkam
Dia dhuit
Thank You
Galatoomi
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Maaloo
le do thoil
Sorry
naa dhiisi
Tá brón orm
Bye
Nagayattii!
Slán
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Borana
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Connacht
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Kenya
Munster
How Many People Speak
66,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Kenya
Ulster
How Many People Speak
13,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
174
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
galla
irlandais moyen
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Irish people
Origin
16
c. 750
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Celtic
Branch
-
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
9125
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
gle
ISO 639 2/B
orm
gle
ISO 639 3
orm
gle
ISO 639 6
orm
gle
Glottocode
nucl1736
iris1253
Linguasphere
No data available
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional