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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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