Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
India, Pakistan
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
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Somali Language
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3444
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1017
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2427
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
akkam
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
Galatoomi
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
Hach ch'i
Please
Maaloo
مهربانی کر
Sorry
naa dhiisi
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
Nagayattii!
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Borana
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Poguli
Where They Speak
Kenya
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
66,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Rambani
Where They Speak
Kenya
India
How Many People Speak
13,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
174
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million5.42 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
galla
kashmiri
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
16
12th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Kashmiri
Language Position
9123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
kas
ISO 639 2/B
orm
kas
ISO 639 3
orm
kas
ISO 639 6
orm
kas
Glottocode
nucl1736
kash1277
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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