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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries

22
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Pakistan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia, Oceania

Minority Language

Somalia
India

Regulated By

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National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan

Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.

Similar To

Somali Language
Arabic and Hindi Languages

Derived From

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Ghaznavid Persian Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3452
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1010
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2440
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic

Writing Direction

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Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

54
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
خوش آمديد

Thank You

Galatoomi
آپ کا شکریہ

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
گڈ نائٹ

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
سلام علیکم

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
گڈ آفٹر نون

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
گڈ مارننگ

Please

Maaloo
براہ مہربانی

Sorry

naa dhiisi
معاف کرنا

Bye

Nagayattii!
الوداع

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
مجھے تم سے محبت

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
معاف کیجئے گا

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
Dakhini

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
India

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
Hyderabadi Urdu

Where They Speak

Kenya
India

How Many People Speak

66,000.0069,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Rekhta

Where They Speak

Kenya
South Asia

How Many People Speak

13,000.0069,000,000.00
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 million104.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %0.99 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million61.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million43.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
اُردُو

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
Bihari

French Name

galla
ourdou

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Urdu

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
[ˈʊrd̪u]

Ethnicity

Oromos
Urdu-speaking people

History

Origin

16
12th Century CE

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Indo-Iranian

Branch

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Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Modern Standard Urdu

Language Position

9120
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Signed Urdu

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

om
ur

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
urd

ISO 639 2/B

orm
urd

ISO 639 3

orm
urd

ISO 639 6

orm
urd

Glottocode

nucl1736
urdu1245

Linguasphere

No data available
59-AAF-q

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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-

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional

Oromo and Urdu Alphabets

Oromo and Urdu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and Urdu. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Urdu Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Oromo and Urdu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and Urdu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Oromo and Urdu Speaking population

Oromo and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Oromo vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Urdu Language Codes

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