Home
Languagevs


Oromo and Kurdish


Kurdish and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ethiopia   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Middle East   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
Silaw   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
Sipas   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
Bayanit bash   

Please
Maaloo   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
Bibûre   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Orma   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Wata   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
21.00 million   
36

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Not Available   

French Name
galla   
kurde   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Kurds   

History

Origin
16   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Kurdish   

Language Position
91   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
kur   

ISO 639 3
orm   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Summary >>
<< Code

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

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Oromo and Kurdish Speaking population

Oromo and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Oromo vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Kurdish Language Codes

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages