Countries
Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Somalia
Mon
Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Somali Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3433
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1012
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2433
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tangut
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
NA44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
akkam
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Galatoomi
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Maaloo
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
naa dhiisi
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Nagayattii!
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Borana
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Kenya
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
66,000.00440,000.00
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Intha
Where They Speak
Kenya
Burma
How Many People Speak
13,000.0090,000.00
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
175
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million43.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.50 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million33.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NA10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
galla
birman
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Oromos
Bamar people
History
Origin
16
1113 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Modern Burmese
Language Position
9143
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
om
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
mya
ISO 639 2/B
orm
bur
ISO 639 3
orm
mya
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1736
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating