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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Somali Language
Old German Language
Derived From
-
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3452
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1016
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2436
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
akkam
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
Galatoomi
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
Maaloo
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
naa dhiisi
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
Nagayattii!
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Borana
Not present
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
-
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Not present
Where They Speak
Kenya
-
How Many People Speak
66,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Not present
Where They Speak
Kenya
-
How Many People Speak
13,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
170
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million14.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million14.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
galla
sanskrit
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
16
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Sanskrit
Language Position
9123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
-
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
san
ISO 639 2/B
orm
san
ISO 639 3
orm
san
ISO 639 6
orm
san
Glottocode
nucl1736
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic