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Oromo and Tulu


Tulu and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
  • Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Kannada Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
16   
13

How Many Consonants
24   
14
35   
25

Scripts
Latin   
Kannada Script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
Namaskara   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
Mast Upakara.   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
Yencha Ullar?   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
yedde rathre   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
yedde baiyya   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
yedde madhyana   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
yedde kaande   

Please
Maaloo   
Daya maltadu   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
Yenna thapu aandu   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
Barpe   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
Kshamisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Brahmin tulu   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Orma   
Jain   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Wata   
Girijan   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Tamil Nadu   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
1.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
1.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
Tulu   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa   

French Name
galla   
Not Available   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Tuluva   

History

Origin
16   
14   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Tulu   

Language Position
91   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
orm   
tcy   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
tulu1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Oromo and Tulu Speaking population

Oromo and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available. 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 Tulu on Oromo vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Tulu Language Codes

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

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