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Kirundi vs Oromo


Oromo vs Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Somalia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
  • Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Somali Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
19   
9
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
akkam   

Thank You
Urakoze   
Galatoomi   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
Attam jirta/jirtu?   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
Nagayattii buli   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
Akkam waarite   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
Attam oolte / ooltan   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
Attam bulte/bultan   

Please
Ndagusavye   
Maaloo   

Sorry
Not available   
naa dhiisi   

Bye
N’agasaga   
Nagayattii!   

I Love You
Not available   
Sin jaaladha   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Maaloo na dabarsi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Borana   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
4,000,000.00   
19

Dialect 2
Ha   
Orma   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
17   
16

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.36 %   
36

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
Afaan Oromo   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Afaan Oromoo   

French Name
rundi   
galla   

German Name
Kirundi   
Galla-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Oromos   

History

Origin
1500   
16   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Afaan Oromo   

Language Position
86   
99+
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
om   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
orm   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
orm   

ISO 639 3
run   
orm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
nucl1736   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Kirundi and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Kirundi vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Kirundi and Oromo language. History of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Kirundi and Oromo Language History.

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

Kirundi vs Oromo Difficulty

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

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