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Kashmiri vs Oromo


Oromo vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
10  
7

How Many Consonants
27  
17
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
akkam  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
Not Available  
Maaloo  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Borana  

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

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

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
66,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Wata  

Where They Speak
India  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
13,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.36 %  
36

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
kashmiri  
galla  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Oromos  

History

Origin
12th Century  
16  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Cushitic  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
Not Available  
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
orm  

ISO 639 3
kas  
orm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kash1277  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Kashmiri and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Oromo language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century 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 Kashmiri and Oromo Language History.

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

Kashmiri vs Oromo Difficulty

The Kashmiri vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.

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