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Oromo vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Belarus, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
Belarus, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Poland  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Somalia  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Russian and Ukrainian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
34  
16
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
39  
28

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
dobry dzień  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
Dziakuj  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
Jak vy ?  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
Dabranač  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
Dobry viečar  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
dobry dzień  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
Dobraj ranicy  

Please
Maaloo  
Kali laska  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
Vybačajcie  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
da pabačennia  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
JA liubliu ciabie  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
Vybačajcie  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
North-Eastern Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
North-East Belarus  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Orma  
South-Western Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
South-West Belarus  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Wata  
Middle Belarusian  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Middle Belarus  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
9.63 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
38
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
5.89 million  
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  

French Name
galla  
biélorusse  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Weißrussisch  

Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]  
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Belarusians  

History

Origin
16  
18th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Belarusian  

Language Position
91  
99+
79  
99+

Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language  
Belarusian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
be  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
bel  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
bel  

ISO 639 3
orm  
bel  

ISO 639 6
orm  
bel  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
bela1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Oromo and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Belarusian language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Oromo and Belarusian Language History.

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Oromo and Belarusian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Oromo and Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Belarusian language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Oromo vs Belarusian Difficulty

The Oromo vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Belarusian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Oromo and Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is 44 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is 44 weeks.

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