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Oromo and Konkani


Konkani and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Govenment of Goa   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Marathi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
16   
13

How Many Consonants
24   
14
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
Namaskar   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
Maaloo   
Chike   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
Maf kor   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
Adeus   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Goa   

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

Dialect 2
Orma   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
Not Available   

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
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
galla   
konkani   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
16   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Kokani   

Language Position
91   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
kok   

ISO 639 3
orm   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Oromo and Konkani Speaking population

Oromo and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Oromo vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Konkani Language Codes

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

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