Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
hola
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
Maaloo
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
triste
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
galla
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic