Home
Languagevs


Oromo vs Hindi


Hindi vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Somalia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Central Hindi Directorate  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Urdu  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
11  
8

How Many Consonants
24  
14
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
Maaloo  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
240,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Orma  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Wata  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
38
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
galla  
hindi  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
16  
7th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
91  
99+
5  
5

Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
hin  

ISO 639 3
orm  
hin  

ISO 639 6
orm  
hins  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

Countries >>
<< All

Oromo and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Hindi language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Hindi Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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

Oromo vs Hindi Difficulty

The Oromo vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is 44 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages