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
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
Please
कृपया
  
Maaloo
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
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
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Oromos
  
Origin
19 BC
  
16
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
12
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Nepali 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 Nepali and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Oromo language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Oromo Difficulty
The Nepali vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.