Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
您好
  
akkam
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
晚安
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
请
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
再见
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
24.00 million
  
33
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
Not Available
  
galla
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Oromos
  
Origin
17th century
  
16
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cant1236
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Oromo language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Oromo Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.