Nepali and Oromo
Countries
India, Nepal
Ethiopia, Kenya
National Language
Nepal
Ethiopia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Somalia
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
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Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Hindi
Somali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
akkam
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Galatoomi
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Attam bulte/bultan
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
naa dhiisi
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Nagayattii!
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Maaloo na dabarsi
Where They Speak
Nepal
Ethiopia, Kenya
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Kenya
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
Nepal
Kenya
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
népalais
galla
German Name
Nepali
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Oromos
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Afaan Oromo
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
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Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
nepa1254
nucl1736
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Nepali and Oromo Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Oromo Speaking population
Nepali and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Nepali and Oromo on Nepali vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Oromo Language Codes
Nepali and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.