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Oromo and Igbo


Igbo and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Somalia  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
24  
14
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
kedụ  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
Maaloo  
Biko  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
Ndo  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
Not Available  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Nigeria  

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

Dialect 2
Orma  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
37
1,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Wata  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
33
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
36
Not Available  

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Ibo  

French Name
galla  
igbo  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
16  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Kwa  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
91  
99+
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
orm  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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

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Oromo and Igbo Speaking population

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

Oromo and Igbo Language Codes

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

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