Countries
Japan
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Japan
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Korean Language
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
akkam
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
24.00 million
  
33
Native Name
日本語
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
japonais
  
galla
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Oromos
  
Origin
1185
  
16
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Japanese and Oromo Speaking population
Japanese and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Oromo on Japanese vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Oromo Language Codes
Japanese and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.