Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
مرحبا
  
akkam
  
Thank You
شكرا
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
تصبح على خير
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
مساء الخير
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
صباح الخير
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
من فضلك
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
آسف
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
وداعا
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
أحبك
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
اعذرني
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Sudanese
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Sudan
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Levantine
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
206.00 million
  
6
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million
  
2
Not Available
  
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
arabe
  
galla
  
German Name
Arabisch
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Arabs
  
Oromos
  
Origin
512 CE
  
16
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
North Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ar
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
ara
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
ara
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arab1395
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Arabic and Oromo Speaking population
Arabic and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Oromo on Arabic vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Arabic and Oromo Language Codes
Arabic and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.