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Finnish and Oromo


Oromo and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Somalia   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Somali Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
13   
3
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
akkam   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Galatoomi   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Attam jirta/jirtu?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Nagayattii buli   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
Akkam waarite   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Attam oolte / ooltan   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Attam bulte/bultan   

Please
haluta   
Maaloo   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
naa dhiisi   

Bye
Heippa   
Nagayattii!   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Sin jaaladha   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Maaloo na dabarsi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Borana   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
19

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Orma   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.36 %   
36

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
Afaan Oromo   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Afaan Oromoo   

French Name
finnois   
galla   

German Name
Finnisch   
Galla-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Oromos   

History

Origin
1543   
16   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Cushitic   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Afaan Oromo   

Language Position
Not Available   
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
om   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
orm   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
orm   

ISO 639 3
fin   
orm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
nucl1736   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Finnish 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 Finnish and Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Finnish and Oromo Speaking population

Finnish and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available 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 Finnish and Oromo on Finnish vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Oromo Language Codes

Finnish and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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