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Oromo and Bengali


Bengali and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Ethiopia   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
11   
8

How Many Consonants
24   
14
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
Maaloo   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Orma   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Wata   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
India   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
galla   
bengali   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
16   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Bengali   

Language Position
91   
99+
4   
4

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
ben   

ISO 639 3
orm   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-u   

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

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Oromo and Bengali Speaking population

Oromo and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Oromo vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Bengali Language Codes

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

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