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Oromo and Sindhi


Sindhi and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
India, Pakistan, Sindh  

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
-  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Gujarati  

Derived From
-  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
34  
16
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
10  
7

How Many Consonants
24  
14
42  
31

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
Maaloo  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Upper Sindh  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
25,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Orma  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Central Sindh  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
99+
25,000,000.00  
23

Dialect 3
Wata  
Lari  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Lower Sindh  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
99+
25.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
38
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
سنڌي  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Sindhi  

French Name
galla  
sindhi  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]  
[sɪndi]  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Sindhi people  

History

Origin
16  
711 A.D  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Sindhi  

Language Position
91  
99+
50  
99+

Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language  
Signed Sindhi  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
snd  

ISO 639 3
orm  
snd  

ISO 639 6
orm  
snd  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
sind1272  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Oromo and Sindhi Speaking population

Oromo and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Oromo vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Sindhi Language Codes

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

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