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Oromo

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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
Benin, Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

22
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Nigeria

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Somalia
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

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Yoruba Academy

Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.

Similar To

Somali Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3429
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1012
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2417
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 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
Ẹ n lẹ

Thank You

Galatoomi
e dupe

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
Bawo ni o se wa

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
Kasun layọ o

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
ka a ale

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
e kaasan

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
e kaaro

Please

Maaloo
Jowo

Sorry

naa dhiisi
binu

Bye

Nagayattii!
bye

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
mo nifẹ rẹ

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
mo tọrọ gafara

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
Itsekiri

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
Ede

Where They Speak

Kenya
Benin, Togo

How Many People Speak

66,000.00800,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Ulukwumi

Where They Speak

Kenya
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

13,000.0010,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1720
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million28.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million30.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
Yorùbá

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
Yariba, Yooba

French Name

galla
yoruba

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Yoruba-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
[jòɾùbá]

Ethnicity

Oromos
Yoruba people

History

Origin

16
4 BC

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Western Sudanic

Branch

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Kwa

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Yorùbá

Language Position

9149
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

om
yo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
yor

ISO 639 2/B

orm
yor

ISO 639 3

orm
yor

ISO 639 6

orm
yor

Glottocode

nucl1736
yoru1245

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Isolating

Oromo and Yoruba Alphabets

Oromo and Yoruba Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and Yoruba. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Oromo and Yoruba languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and Yoruba are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Oromo and Yoruba Speaking population

Oromo and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Oromo vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Yoruba Language Codes

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