Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
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
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Somali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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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 (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
  
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
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
25.00 million
  
40
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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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.