Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Somalia
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
-
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Somali Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3452
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1016
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2436
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
akkam
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Galatoomi
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Maaloo
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
naa dhiisi
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
Nagayattii!
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Borana
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Kokan
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Orma
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Kenya
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
66,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wata
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Kenya
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
13,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1742
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
galla
marathe
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Marathi
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Marathi people
Origin
16
10th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Marathi
Language Position
9117
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
mar
ISO 639 2/B
orm
mar
ISO 639 3
orm
mar
ISO 639 6
orm
mar
Glottocode
nucl1736
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-