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Oromo and French


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
20   
10
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.36 %   
36

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   

History

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   

Language Position
13   
12
91   
99+

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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