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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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