Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Selam
  
akkam
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
tschao
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
amharique
  
galla
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Oromos
  
Origin
13th century
  
16
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic 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 Amharic and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Oromo language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Oromo Difficulty
The Amharic vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.