Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
China
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
China
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Somalia
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
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Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Somali Language
Uzbek Language
Derived From
-
Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3436
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
109
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2427
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
akkam
Ässalamu läykum.
Thank You
Galatoomi
rakhmat
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Please
Maaloo
birdam
Sorry
naa dhiisi
kachurung
Bye
Nagayattii!
Khayr khosh
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Kachurung
Dialect 1
Borana
Turpan
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
China
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0010,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Orma
Hotan
Where They Speak
Kenya
China
How Many People Speak
66,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
Kenya
China
How Many People Speak
13,000.0025,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
177
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million10.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million25.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
galla
ouïgour
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Uyghur
Origin
16
11
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Uyghur
Language Position
9198
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Signed Uyghur
Scope
Macrolanguage
-
ISO 639 1
om
ug
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
uig
ISO 639 2/B
orm
uig
ISO 639 3
orm
uig
ISO 639 6
orm
uig
Glottocode
nucl1736
uigh1240
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-