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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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