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Oromo and Sanskrit


Sanskrit 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  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sanskrit-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  
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
Maaloo  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Not Available  

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
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
36
Not Available  

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
14.10 million  
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Not Available  

French Name
galla  
sanskrit  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Not Available  

History

Origin
16  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
91  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
san  

ISO 639 3
orm  
san  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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

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Oromo and Sanskrit Speaking population

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

Oromo and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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