Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
France
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Italian Language
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
bonjour
  
akkam
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
désolé
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
African French
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
français
  
galla
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Oromos
  
Origin
9th Century
  
16
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
French and Oromo Speaking population
French and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of French and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Oromo on French vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
French and Oromo Language Codes
French and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.