Countries
China, Mongolia
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
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
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
akkam
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Kenya
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
mongol
  
galla
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Oromos
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
16
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
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
  
Mongolian 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 Mongolian and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Oromo language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mongolian vs Oromo Difficulty
The Mongolian vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian 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 Mongolian and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.