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Oromo Language



Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries
2 13

National Language
Ethiopia

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents
Africa

Minority Language
Somalia

Regulated By
-

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.

Similar To
Somali Language

Derived From
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
34 16

Phonology

How Many Vowels
10 7

How Many Consonants
24 14

Scripts
Latin

Writing Direction
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
5 4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

Hello
akkam

Thank You
Galatoomi

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?

Good Night
Nagayattii buli

Good Evening
Akkam waarite

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan

Please
Maaloo

Sorry
naa dhiisi

Bye
Nagayattii!

I Love You
Sin jaaladha

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00 49

Dialect 2
Orma

Where They Speak
Kenya

How Many People Speak
66,000.00 83

Dialect 3
Wata

Where They Speak
Kenya

How Many People Speak
13,000.00 74

Total No. Of Dialects
17 16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million 40

Speaking Population
0.36 % 38

Native Speakers
24.00 million 33

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million 24

Native Name
Afaan Oromo

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo

French Name
galla

German Name
Galla-Sprache

Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]

Ethnicity
Oromos

History

Origin
16

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup
Cushitic

Branch
-

Language Forms

Early Forms
No early forms

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo

Language Position
91 71

Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language

Scope
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1
om

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T
orm

ISO 639 2/B
orm

ISO 639 3
orm

ISO 639 6
orm

Glottocode
nucl1736

Linguasphere
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type
Living

Language Linguistic Typology
-

Language Morphological Typology
-

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Origin of Oromo language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Oromo language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Oromo language states that it was put to use in 16. The history of Oromo language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Oromo Language History. Oromo has no early forms. Afaan Oromo is the standard form of Oromo language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Oromo Language.

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Oromo population

Oromo population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Oromo language. Oromo language is spoken by 25.00 million people in the world. Most of the Oromo population lies in the Oromo Speaking Countries. Oromo language is spoken as first language by 24.00 million people and as second language by about 35.00 million people. Get to know Oromo speaking population in detail.

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Oromo writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Oromo writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Oromo language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Oromo language. Learn more about . 

Information about Oromo language

Check out all the information about Oromo language here. You may find it interesting to learn Oromo Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Oromo Speaking Countries, Oromo speaking continents and Oromo Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Oromo countries knowing common Oromo Greetings will help you in communicating with Oromo people.

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