Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Ethiopia
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Somalia
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Somali Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Galatoomi
متشکرم
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
شب بخیر
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
صبح به خیر
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Borana
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Orma
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Kenya
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Wata
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Kenya
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
فارسی
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Persisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Persian people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Persian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1736
fars1254
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
All Oromo and Persian 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 Persian dialects. Various dialects of Oromo and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oromo are spoken in different Oromo Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oromo vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oromo dialects include: Borana, Orma. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Oromo and Persian Speaking population
Oromo and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Oromo vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Oromo and Persian Language Codes
Oromo and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oromo and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.