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Oromo and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Somalia   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Somali Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
10   
7

How Many Consonants
23   
13
24   
14

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
akkam   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Galatoomi   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Attam jirta/jirtu?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Nagayattii buli   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Akkam waarite   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Attam oolte / ooltan   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Attam bulte/bultan   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Maaloo   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
naa dhiisi   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Nagayattii!   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Sin jaaladha   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Maaloo na dabarsi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Borana   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
4,000,000.00   
19

Dialect 2
Wu   
Orma   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Yue   
Wata   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.36 %   
36

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Afaan Oromo   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Afaan Oromoo   

French Name
chinois   
galla   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Galla-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Han   
Oromos   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
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 Chinese   
Afaan Oromo   

Language Position
1   
1
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
om   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
orm   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
orm   

ISO 639 3
zho   
orm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
nucl1736   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Chinese and Oromo Speaking population

Chinese and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Oromo on Chinese vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Oromo Language Codes

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

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