Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Ethiopia
France
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Somalia
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Not Available
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Somali Language
Italian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Galatoomi
Merci
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
Bonjour
Please
Maaloo
S'il vous plaît
Bye
Nagayattii!
au revoir
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Borana
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Orma
African French
Where They Speak
Kenya
Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wata
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Kenya
Northeast France, Switzerland
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
français
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Français
French Name
galla
français
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Not Available
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Standard French
Signed Forms
Not Available
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
nucl1736
stan1290
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Oromo and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and French language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs French Difficulty
The Oromo vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.