Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Middle East
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Somali Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3433
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
108
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2429
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
akkam
Silaw
Thank You
Galatoomi
Sipas
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
Bayanit bash
Please
Maaloo
Bê zehmet
Sorry
naa dhiisi
Bibûre
Bye
Nagayattii!
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Borana
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Kenya
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
66,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Kenya
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
13,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
173
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.31 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
galla
kurde
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Kurds
Origin
16
16th century CE
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Kurdish
Language Position
9114
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
om
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
kur
ISO 639 2/B
orm
kur
ISO 639 3
orm
kur
ISO 639 6
orm
kur
Glottocode
nucl1736
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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