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Oromo vs Nepali


Nepali vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Somalia  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
-  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
12  
9

How Many Consonants
24  
14
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
Maaloo  
कृपया  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Orma  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Wata  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
38
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
galla  
népalais  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
16  
19 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Nepali  

Language Position
91  
99+
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
nep  

ISO 639 3
orm  
npi  

ISO 639 6
orm  
nep  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Oromo and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Nepali language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Oromo vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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