Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Ethiopia
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Somalia
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
-
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Somali Language
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3425
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2418
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Baybayin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
akkam
Kamusta
Thank You
Galatoomi
Salamat po
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
Magandang umaga po
Please
Maaloo
pakiusap
Sorry
naa dhiisi
pinagsisisihan
Bye
Nagayattii!
Paálam
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Borana
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Kenya
Philippines
How Many People Speak
66,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Filipino
Where They Speak
Kenya
Philippines
How Many People Speak
13,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
173
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million73.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
galla
tagalog
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Tagalog people
Origin
16
1593
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Filipino
Language Position
9158
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Signed Tagalog
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
t1
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
tgl
ISO 639 2/B
orm
tgl
ISO 639 3
orm
tg1
ISO 639 6
orm
tgl
Glottocode
nucl1736
taga1269
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CKA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-