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Japanese vs Oromo


Oromo vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
99   
40
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
14   
4
24   
14

Scripts
Kana   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Wata   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.36 %   
36

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   

History

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   

Language Position
8   
8
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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Japanese and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Oromo language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Oromo Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Oromo language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Oromo Difficulty

The Japanese vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.

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