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Arabic and Oromo


Oromo and Arabic


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
28   
10
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
28   
18
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.36 %   
36

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   

History

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   

Language Position
25   
21
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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All Arabic and Oromo Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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