Countries
Philippines
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hoy
  
akkam
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
Palihug
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
Babay
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
Not Available
  
Native Name
Visayan
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
cebuano
  
galla
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Oromos
  
Origin
16th century
  
16
  
Language Family
Austronesian 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 Cebuano
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Oromo language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Oromo Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.