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Oromo
Oromo

Maori
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Oromo and Maori

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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
New Zealand

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
New Zealand

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Australia, Oceania

Minority Language

Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Māori Language Commission

Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
  • The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.

Similar To

Somali Language
Tahitian Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3420
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2410
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

52
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
Hello

Thank You

Galatoomi
Mauruuru koutou

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
E pēhea ana koe ?

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
Night pai

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
pai ahiahi

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
Afternoon pai

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
Morning pai

Please

Maaloo
Tēnā

Sorry

naa dhiisi
Aroha mai

Bye

Nagayattii!
poroporoaki

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
Aroha ahau ki a koe

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
tukua ahau

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
South Island Māori

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.00150,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
Western North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Kenya
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

66,000.00150,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Eastern North Island Maori

Where They Speak

Kenya
New Zealand

How Many People Speak

13,000.00150,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

173
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million0.18 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million0.18 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million0.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
te Reo Māori

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
New Zealand Maori

French Name

galla
maori

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Maori-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
[ˈmaɔɾi]

Ethnicity

Oromos
Māori people

History

Origin

16
1814

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Polynesian

Branch

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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Maori

Language Position

9126
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Maori Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

om
mi

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
mri

ISO 639 2/B

orm
mao

ISO 639 3

orm
mri

ISO 639 6

orm
mri

Glottocode

nucl1736
maor1246

Linguasphere

No data available
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Oromo and Maori Alphabets

Oromo and Maori Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and Maori. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters. To learn Oromo and Maori languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and Maori 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 Maori greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and Maori are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Oromo and Maori Speaking population

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

Oromo and Maori Language Codes

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