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Oromo and Khasi


Khasi and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Somalia  
-  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
34  
16
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
Kumno  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
Khublei  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
khublei  

Please
Maaloo  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
Map  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
khublei  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
-  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Orma  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
-  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Wata  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
-  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
0.84 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
38
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
galla  
khasi  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
16  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Khasi  

Language Position
91  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
kha  

ISO 639 3
orm  
kha  

ISO 639 6
orm  
kha  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Oromo and Khasi Speaking population

Oromo and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 %. 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 Khasi on Oromo vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Khasi Language Codes

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

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