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Oromo
Oromo

Somali
Somali



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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia

Total No. Of Countries

23
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Somalia

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Middle East

Minority Language

Somalia
Yemen

Regulated By

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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy

Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.

Similar To

Somali Language
Afar and Oromo Language

Derived From

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Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3426
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2421
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

55
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
Hello

Thank You

Galatoomi
Waad ku mahadsan tahay

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
Sidee tahay ?

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
Habeenka Good

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
Evening Good

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
galab wanaagsan

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
Subax wanaagsan

Please

Maaloo
Fadlan

Sorry

naa dhiisi
sorry

Bye

Nagayattii!
caraysiiyo

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
Waan ku jeclahay

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
iga raali ahow

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
Northern Somali

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
Gabon, Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
Benaadir

Where They Speak

Kenya
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu

How Many People Speak

66,000.0016,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Af-Ashraaf

Where They Speak

Kenya
Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

13,000.0021.00
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 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million8.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
af Soomaali

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga

French Name

galla
somali

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Somali

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
[afsoomaali]

Ethnicity

Oromos
Somalis

History

Origin

16
19th century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Cushitic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Somali

Language Position

9183
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Somali Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

om
so

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
som

ISO 639 2/B

orm
som

ISO 639 3

orm
som

ISO 639 6

orm
som

Glottocode

nucl1736
soma1255

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Oromo and Somali Alphabets

Oromo and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and Somali. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Oromo and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and Somali 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 Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Oromo and Somali Speaking population

Oromo and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. 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 Somali on Oromo vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Somali Language Codes

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