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Serbian and Oromo


Oromo and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Somali Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
25  
15
24  
14

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
akkam  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Maaloo  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
serbe  
galla  

German Name
Serbisch  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Oromos  

History

Origin
11th Century  
16  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
44  
99+
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
orm  

ISO 639 3
srp  
orm  

ISO 639 6
srp  
orm  

Glottocode
serb1264  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Serbian 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 Serbian and Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Oromo Speaking population

Serbian and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % 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 Serbian and Oromo on Serbian vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Oromo Language Codes

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

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