Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Somalia
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Somali Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3453
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
109
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2441
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
akkam
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Galatoomi
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
Maaloo
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
naa dhiisi
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Nagayattii!
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Borana
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Orma
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Kenya
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
66,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wata
Doabi
Where They Speak
Kenya
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
13,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1730
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %1.44 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million100.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
galla
pendjabi
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Oromos
Punjabis
Origin
16
1000 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
9123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
-
ISO 639 1
om
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
pan
ISO 639 2/B
orm
pan
ISO 639 3
orm
pan
ISO 639 6
orm
panj
Glottocode
nucl1736
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional