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Oromo and Kirundi

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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
Burma

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Burundi, Gambia

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
  • Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.

Similar To

Somali Language
Kinyarwanda Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3421
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2419
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
Bwakeye

Thank You

Galatoomi
Urakoze

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
Urakomeye?

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
Ijoro ryiza

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
Mwiriwe

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
Mwiriwe

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
Mwaramutse

Please

Maaloo
Ndagusavye

Sorry

naa dhiisi
Ndasubiza

Bye

Nagayattii!
N’agasaga

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
Ndi waramutse

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
Ndasaba

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
Rwanda-Rundi

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
Ha

Where They Speak

Kenya
Tanzania

How Many People Speak

66,000.00990,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Shubi

Where They Speak

Kenya
Tanzania

How Many People Speak

13,000.00153,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

176
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million8.80 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million8.80 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million12.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
íkiRǔndi

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
Rundi, Urundi

French Name

galla
rundi

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Kirundi

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
[kɪˈrʊndi]

Ethnicity

Oromos
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa

History

Origin

16
1500

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
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Branch

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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Kirundi

Language Position

9186
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
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Code

ISO 639 1

om
rn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
run

ISO 639 2/B

orm
run

ISO 639 3

orm
run

ISO 639 6

orm
run

Glottocode

nucl1736
rund1242

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
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Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Oromo and Kirundi Alphabets

Oromo and Kirundi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and Kirundi. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Kirundi Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Oromo and Kirundi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and Kirundi 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 Kirundi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and Kirundi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Oromo and Kirundi Speaking population

Oromo and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 %. 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 Kirundi on Oromo vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Kirundi Language Codes

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