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Oromo
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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Ethiopia

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Africa

1.6 Minority Language

Somalia

1.7 Regulated By

Not Available

1.8 Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.

1.9 Similar To

Somali Language

1.10 Derived From

Not Available

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

34
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

24
Rank: 14 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Not Available

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

akkam

3.2 Thank You

Galatoomi

3.3 How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?

3.4 Good Night

Nagayattii buli

3.5 Good Evening

Akkam waarite

3.6 Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan

3.7 Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan

3.8 Please

Maaloo

3.9 Sorry

naa dhiisi

3.10 Bye

Nagayattii!

3.11 I Love You

Sin jaaladha

3.12 Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Borana

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

4,000,000.00
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Orma

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Kenya

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

66,000.00
Rank: 37 (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Wata

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Kenya

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

13,000.00
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

17
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

0.36 %
Rank: 36 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

24.00 million
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

Afaan Oromo

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo

5.3.4 French Name

galla

5.3.5 German Name

Galla-Sprache

5.4 Pronunciation

Not Available

5.5 Ethnicity

Oromos

6 History

6.1 Origin

16

6.2 Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Cushitic

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

No early forms

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo

6.3.3 Language Position

91
Rank: 61 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Not Available

6.4 Scope

Macrolanguage

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

om

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

orm

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

orm

7.3 ISO 639 3

orm

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

nucl1736

7.6 Linguasphere

No data available

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Not Available

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Oromo language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Oromo language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Oromo language states that it was put to use in 16. The history of Oromo language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Oromo Language History. Oromo has no early forms. Afaan Oromo is the standard form of Oromo language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Oromo Language.

Oromo population

Oromo population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Oromo language. Oromo language is spoken by 25.00 million people in the world. Most of the Oromo population lies in the Oromo Speaking Countries. Oromo language is spoken as first language by 24.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Oromo as second language. Get to know Oromo speaking population in detail.

Oromo writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Oromo writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Oromo language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Oromo language. Learn more about . 

Information about Oromo language

Check out all the information about Oromo language here. You may find it interesting to learn Oromo Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Oromo Speaking Countries, Oromo speaking continents and Oromo Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Oromo countries knowing common Oromo Greetings will help you in communicating with Oromo people.