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Oromo and Japanese


Japanese and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
Japan   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Palau   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
Maaloo   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Orma   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Fukuoka   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Wata   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
kansai   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
128.00 million   
9

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Not Available   

French Name
galla   
japonais   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
16   
1185   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Japanese   

Language Position
91   
99+
8   
8

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
orm   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
No data available   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Oromo and Japanese Speaking population

Oromo and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Oromo vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Japanese Language Codes

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

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