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Amharic vs Oromo


Oromo vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
31   
21
24   
14

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Showa   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
17   
16

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.36 %   
36

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   

History

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   

Language Position
55   
40
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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Amharic and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Oromo language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Amharic and Oromo Language History.

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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.

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