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Oromo vs Chinese


Chinese vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Ethiopia   
China, Taiwan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
24   
19

How Many Consonants
24   
14
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
Maaloo   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Orma   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Wata   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Not Available   

French Name
galla   
chinois   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Han   

History

Origin
16   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
91   
99+
1   
1

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
chi   

ISO 639 3
orm   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Oromo and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Chinese language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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Oromo and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Chinese language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Oromo vs Chinese Difficulty

The Oromo vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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