Countries
Burma
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
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
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Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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Language Morphological Typology
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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.