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Oromo and Assamese


Assamese and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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.
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Similar To
Somali Language   
Bengali and Oriya   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
11   
8

How Many Consonants
24   
14
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
66,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Wata   
Bhakatiya   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Assam   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
0.24 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
91   
99+
65   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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