Countries
Myanmar
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
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 in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
25.00 million
  
40
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
Burmese 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 Burmese and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Oromo language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Oromo Difficulty
The Burmese vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese 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 Burmese and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.