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Oromo and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Russia  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
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Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
24  
14

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
akkam  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Maaloo  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
Русский  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
russe  
galla  

German Name
Russisch  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Oromos  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
16  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Cushitic  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
7  
7
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
orm  

ISO 639 3
rus  
orm  

ISO 639 6
rus  
orm  

Glottocode
russ1263  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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All Russian and Oromo Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Oromo Speaking population

Russian and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Oromo on Russian vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Oromo Language Codes

Russian and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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