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Oromo vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Somalia  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
-  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Malay language  

Derived From
-  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
Halo  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
Maaloo  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
maaf  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Orma  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
99+
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Wata  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
38
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
galla  
indonésien  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
16  
7th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Indonesian  

Language Position
91  
99+
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
ind  

ISO 639 3
orm  
ind  

ISO 639 6
orm  
ind  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Oromo and Indonesian Language History

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

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

Oromo vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Oromo vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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