Countries
Indonesia
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Malay language
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Halo
  
akkam
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
maaf
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
indonésien
  
galla
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Oromos
  
Origin
7th Century
  
16
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Oromo language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Oromo Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.