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Oromo vs 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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Chinese and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Oromo language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chinese and Oromo Language History.

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Chinese 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 Chinese and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Oromo language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Oromo Difficulty

The Chinese vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.

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