Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Ethiopia, Kenya
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Ethiopia
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa
Minority Language
South Africa
Somalia
Regulated By
Not Available
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Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Thank you
Galatoomi
How Are You?
How are you?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
I Love You
I love you
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
American English
Borana
Where They Speak
United States of America
Ethiopia, Kenya
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Orma
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Kenya
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Wata
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Kenya
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Not Available
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
anglais
galla
German Name
Englisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Oromos
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
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Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Afaan Oromo
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
nucl1736
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Oromo Speaking population
English and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of English and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Oromo on English vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
English and Oromo Language Codes
English and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.