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Oromo vs Italian


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Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

National Language
Ethiopia  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Somalia  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
-  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
ciao  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
grazie  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
Come stai?  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
buongiorno  

Please
Maaloo  
Per Favore  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
scusate  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Lazio  

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

Dialect 2
Orma  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Wata  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
38
0.90 %  
23

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
14.00 million  
36

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Italiano  

French Name
galla  
italien  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Italians  

History

Origin
16  
960 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Italian  

Language Position
91  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
ita  

ISO 639 3
orm  
ita  

ISO 639 6
orm  
itas  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Oromo and Italian Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Italian language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian Language History.

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

Oromo vs Italian Difficulty

The Oromo vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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