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Oromo and Mongolian


Mongolian and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
China, Mongolia  

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  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Turkish Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
13  
10

How Many Consonants
24  
14
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
Maaloo  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Mongolia  

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

Dialect 2
Orma  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
37
123,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Wata  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
33
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
36
Not Available  

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
5.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Not Available  

French Name
galla  
mongol  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Not Available  

History

Origin
16  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Mongolian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Language Position
91  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
mon  

ISO 639 3
orm  
mon  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 44-BAA-b  

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

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Oromo and Mongolian Speaking population

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

Oromo and Mongolian Language Codes

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

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