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Oromo and Khasi


Khasi and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Meghalaya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Not Available   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
Kumno   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
Khublei   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
Kumno phi long?   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
thia sukh   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
babha janmiet   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
babha noph-phai-sngi   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
khublei   

Please
Maaloo   
Sngewbha   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
Map   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
khublei   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
ieit ieit   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
map a nga   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Bhoi   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 2
Orma   
Nonglung   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Wata   
Cherrapunji   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
0.84 million   
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   

French Name
galla   
khasi   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Khasi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Khasi people   

History

Origin
16   
Not Available   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Khasi   

Language Position
91   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
kha   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
kha   

ISO 639 3
orm   
kha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
khas1269   

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   
Not Available   

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

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Oromo and Khasi Speaking population

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

Oromo and Khasi Language Codes

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

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