Home
Languagevs


Urdu vs Oromo


Oromo vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Pakistan  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Africa  

Minority Language
India  
Somalia  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
10  
7

How Many Consonants
40  
29
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
akkam  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Maaloo  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
الوداع  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Borana  

Where They Speak
India  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Orma  

Where They Speak
India  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Wata  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
اُردُو  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
ourdou  
galla  

German Name
Urdu  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Oromos  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
16  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Cushitic  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
20  
18
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
orm  

ISO 639 3
urd  
orm  

ISO 639 6
urd  
orm  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

Countries >>
<< All

Urdu and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Oromo language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Oromo Language History.

Compare Most Spoken Languages

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

Urdu vs Oromo Difficulty

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

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages