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Oromo and Zulu

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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
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Pan South African Language Board

Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.

Similar To

Somali Language
Xhosa Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3457
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

107
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2450
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
Sawubona

Thank You

Galatoomi
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
unjani

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
okuhle ekuseni

Please

Maaloo
Ngiyacela

Sorry

naa dhiisi
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

Nagayattii!
bye

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

Kenya
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

66,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Ndebele

Where They Speak

Kenya
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

13,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

174
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 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

galla
zoulou

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Oromos
Zulu people

History

Origin

16
19

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Benue-Congo

Branch

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Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Deep Zulu

Language Position

9187
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

om
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
zul

ISO 639 2/B

orm
zul

ISO 639 3

orm
zul

ISO 639 6

orm
zul

Glottocode

nucl1736
zulu1248

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUT-fg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Oromo and Zulu Alphabets

Oromo and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and Zulu. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Oromo and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Oromo and Zulu Speaking population

Oromo and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Oromo vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Zulu Language Codes

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