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Georgian vs Oromo


Oromo vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Somalia   

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Somali Language   

Derived From
Anatolian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
28   
18
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)   
akkam   

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)   
Galatoomi   

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)   
Attam jirta/jirtu?   

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)   
Nagayattii buli   

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   
Akkam waarite   

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
Attam oolte / ooltan   

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
Attam bulte/bultan   

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)   
Maaloo   

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)   
naa dhiisi   

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)   
Nagayattii!   

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)   
Sin jaaladha   

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   
Maaloo na dabarsi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian   
Borana   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
4,000,000.00   
19

Dialect 2
Kartlian   
Orma   

Where They Speak
Kartli   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Pshavian   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Pshavi   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
17   
16

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.36 %   
36

Native Speakers
4.30 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Native Name
ქართული ენა   
Afaan Oromo   

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli   
Afaan Oromoo   

French Name
géorgien   
galla   

German Name
Georgisch   
Galla-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Georgians   
Oromos   

History

Origin
5th Century   
16   

Language Family
Kartvelian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Southern   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian   
Afaan Oromo   

Language Position
120   
99+
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ka   
om   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat   
orm   

ISO 639 2/B
geo   
orm   

ISO 639 3
kat   
orm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1302   
nucl1736   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Georgian and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Oromo language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century whereas history of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Georgian and Oromo Language History.

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Georgian 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 Georgian and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Oromo language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Georgian vs Oromo Difficulty

The Georgian vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian 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 Georgian and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.

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