Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
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 in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
28.00 million
  
38
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.