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Oromo vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

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

Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
34   
16
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
2   
1

How Many Consonants
24   
14
60   
36

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
66,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Wata   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Turkey   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
0.13 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
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   

History

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
91   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Oromo and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Abkhaz language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Oromo and Abkhaz Language History.

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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.

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