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Javanese vs Oromo


Oromo vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Indonesia  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
akkam  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
Not Available  
Maaloo  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
66,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
13,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
13
0.36 %  
36

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
24.00 million  
33

Native Name
basa Jawa  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
javanais  
galla  

German Name
Javanisch  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Oromos  

History

Origin
450 AD  
16  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Cushitic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
11  
10
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
orm  

ISO 639 3
jav  
orm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
java1253  
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  

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Javanese and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Oromo language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD 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 Javanese and Oromo Language History.

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

Javanese vs Oromo Difficulty

The Javanese vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese 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 Javanese and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.

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