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Burmese and Oromo


Oromo and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Myanmar   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Mon   
Somalia   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Somali Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
10   
7

How Many Consonants
33   
23
24   
14

Scripts
Tangut   
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
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
akkam   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Galatoomi   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Attam jirta/jirtu?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
Nagayattii buli   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
Akkam waarite   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Attam oolte / ooltan   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Attam bulte/bultan   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Maaloo   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
naa dhiisi   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Nagayattii!   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Sin jaaladha   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Maaloo na dabarsi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Borana   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
4,000,000.00   
19

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Orma   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Intha   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.36 %   
36

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
Afaan Oromo   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Afaan Oromoo   

French Name
birman   
galla   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Galla-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Oromos   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
16   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Afaan Oromo   

Language Position
43   
32
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
om   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
orm   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
orm   

ISO 639 3
mya   
orm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
nucl1736   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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All Burmese 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 Burmese and Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Burmese and Oromo Speaking population

Burmese and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % 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 Burmese and Oromo on Burmese vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Oromo Language Codes

Burmese and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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