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Oromo vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
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Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
23  
13
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
akkam  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
لطفا  
Maaloo  

Sorry
متاسف  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
فارسی  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
persan  
galla  

German Name
Persisch  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Oromos  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
16  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Cushitic  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
23  
21
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
orm  

ISO 639 3
pes  
orm  

ISO 639 6
pers  
orm  

Glottocode
fars1254  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Persian and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Oromo language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16. 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 Persian and Oromo Language History.

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

Persian vs Oromo Difficulty

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

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