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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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Serbian and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Oromo language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century 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 Serbian and Oromo Language History.

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

Serbian vs Oromo Difficulty

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

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