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Oromo and Urdu


Urdu and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
24   
14
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

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
4,000,000.00   
19
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Orma   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
India   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Wata   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
South Asia   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Bihari   

French Name
galla   
ourdou   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
91   
99+
20   
18

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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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.

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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.

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