Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
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.
  
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
akkam
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
Maaloo
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
bye
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
8.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
galla
  
shona
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Oromo and Shona 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 Shona dialects. Various dialects of Oromo and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oromo are spoken in different Oromo Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oromo vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oromo dialects include: Borana, Orma. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Oromo and Shona Speaking population
Oromo and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Oromo vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Oromo and Shona Language Codes
Oromo and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oromo and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.