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Oromo and Kazakh


Kazakh and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Ethiopia   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Kazakh language agency   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
Maaloo   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
bye   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Kazakhstan   

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

Dialect 2
Orma   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Wata   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
galla   
kazakh   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
16   
17th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Kazakh   

Language Position
91   
99+
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
orm   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
kaza1248   

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

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Oromo and Kazakh Speaking population

Oromo and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 %. 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 Kazakh on Oromo vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Kazakh Language Codes

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

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