Countries
Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Ethiopia
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Somali Language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3433
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2416
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks40 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
akkam
Halo
Thank You
Galatoomi
Nuhun
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
Wilujeng énjing
Please
Maaloo
Mangga
Sorry
naa dhiisi
Hapunten
Bye
Nagayattii!
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Punten
Dialects
Dialect 1
Borana
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Banten
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Kenya
Bogor
How Many People Speak
66,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Kenya
Bandung
How Many People Speak
13,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
176
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
galla
soundanais
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
History
Origin
16
5th century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Sundanese
Language Position
9142
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
om
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
sun
ISO 639 2/B
orm
sun
ISO 639 3
orm
sun
ISO 639 6
orm
sun
Glottocode
nucl1736
sund1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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