Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Somalia
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Somali Language
Armenian
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3424
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
107
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2417
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
akkam
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Galatoomi
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Maaloo
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
naa dhiisi
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Nagayattii!
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Borana
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Greece
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Orma
Griko
Where They Speak
Kenya
Italy
How Many People Speak
66,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wata
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Kenya
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
13,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1725
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
galla
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
16
1500 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Hellenic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Modern Greek
Language Position
9174
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
ell
ISO 639 2/B
orm
gre
ISO 639 3
orm
ell
ISO 639 6
orm
ells
Glottocode
nucl1736
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic