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Oromo and Finnish


Finnish and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ethiopia   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
Moi   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
Maaloo   
haluta   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
Anteeksi   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
Heippa   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Finland   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Orma   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Finland, Rauma   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Wata   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
21   
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Suomi   

French Name
galla   
finnois   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
16   
1543   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
standard Finnish   

Language Position
91   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
fin   

ISO 639 3
orm   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Oromo and Finnish Speaking population

Oromo and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available. 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 Finnish on Oromo vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Finnish Language Codes

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

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