Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
India
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
akkam
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
Maaloo
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
15.30 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
galla
  
assamais
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
16
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Assamese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Oromo and Assamese 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 Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Oromo and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oromo are spoken in different Oromo Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oromo vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oromo dialects include: Borana, Orma. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Oromo and Assamese Speaking population
Oromo and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Assamese on Oromo vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Oromo and Assamese Language Codes
Oromo and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oromo and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.