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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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