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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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