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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
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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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