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Oromo
Oromo

Xhosa
Xhosa



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Oromo and Xhosa

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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Somalia
Botswana, Lesotho

Regulated By

-
-

Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.

Similar To

Somali Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Derived From

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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3453
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1010
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2443
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
Molo

Thank You

Galatoomi
Ndiyabulela

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
Unjani

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
Ulale kakuhle

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
Ubusuku obuhle

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
Uben' emva kwemini entle

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
Molo

Please

Maaloo
Ndicela

Sorry

naa dhiisi
Ndicela uxolo

Bye

Nagayattii!
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
Ndiyakuthanda

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
Gcaleka

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
South Africa

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
Thembu

Where They Speak

Kenya
South Africa

How Many People Speak

66,000.0019,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Hlubi

Where They Speak

Kenya
South Africa

How Many People Speak

13,000.0019.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

179
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million20.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million8.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
isiXhosa

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa

French Name

galla
xhosa

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

Ethnicity

Oromos
amaXhosa, amaBhaca

History

Origin

16
16th Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
isiXhosa

Language Position

9121
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Signed Xhosa

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

om
xh

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
xho

ISO 639 2/B

orm
xho

ISO 639 3

orm
xho

ISO 639 6

orm
xho

Glottocode

nucl1736
xhos1239

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUT-fa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Oromo and Xhosa Alphabets

Oromo and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and Xhosa. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Oromo and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Oromo and Xhosa Speaking population

Oromo and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Oromo vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Xhosa Language Codes

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