Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
India
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Somali Language
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3442
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1011
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2431
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
akkam
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
Galatoomi
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
Maaloo
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
naa dhiisi
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
Nagayattii!
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Borana
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
India
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Kenya
India
How Many People Speak
66,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Kosli
Where They Speak
Kenya
India
How Many People Speak
13,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
178
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
galla
oriya
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Odias
Origin
16
3 BC
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
Standard Odia
Language Position
9132
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
om
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
ori
ISO 639 2/B
orm
ori
ISO 639 3
orm
ori
ISO 639 6
orm
ori
Glottocode
nucl1736
macr1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-