Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
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.
  
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
Maaloo
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Abkhazia
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Caucasus
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
0.13 million
  
99+
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
galla
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
16
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Abkhaz
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Oromo and Abkhaz Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Oromo and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Abkhaz language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Oromo vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Oromo and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.