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Oromo and Akan


Akan and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ethiopia   
Ghana   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
24   
14
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
ete-sen   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
maadwo   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
maaha   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
maakye   

Please
Maaloo   
wae   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
Kafra   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
bye   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Orma   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
Wata   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Not Available   

French Name
galla   
akan   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Akan people   

History

Origin
16   
15   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Akan   

Language Position
91   
99+
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
aka   

ISO 639 3
orm   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Oromo and Akan 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 Oromo and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Oromo and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oromo are spoken in different Oromo Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oromo vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oromo dialects include: Borana, Orma. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Oromo and Akan Speaking population

Oromo and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Oromo and Akan on Oromo vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Akan Language Codes

Oromo and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oromo and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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