Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
akkam
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Kenya
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
bengali
  
galla
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Oromos
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
16
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Bengali 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 Bengali and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Oromo language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Oromo Difficulty
The Bengali vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali 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 Bengali and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.