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Oromo vs Portuguese


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Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
10  
6

National Language
Ethiopia  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Somalia  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
24  
14
19  
9

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  
Olá  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
bom Dia  

Please
Maaloo  
Por Favor  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
pesaroso  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
tchau  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Orma  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Wata  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
99+
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
38
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
Português  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Português  

French Name
galla  
portugais  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
16  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Portuguese  

Language Position
91  
99+
6  
6

Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
por  

ISO 639 3
orm  
por  

ISO 639 6
orm  
por  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Oromo and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Portuguese language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Oromo vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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