Countries
Philippines
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Tagalog Language
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
akkam
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
Paalam
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
filipino
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
galla
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Oromos
  
Origin
16th Century
  
16
  
Language Family
Austronesian 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
Filipino
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Filipino 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 Filipino and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Oromo language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Filipino vs Oromo Difficulty
The Filipino vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.