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Oromo and Yoruba


Yoruba and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ethiopia   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
34   
16
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

How Many Consonants
24   
14
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
e kaaro   

Please
Maaloo   
Jowo   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
binu   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
bye   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Orma   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Wata   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
28.00 million   
29

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
galla   
yoruba   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
16   
4 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
91   
99+
49   
36

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
yor   

ISO 639 3
orm   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Oromo and Yoruba Speaking population

Oromo and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Oromo vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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