Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Egun on
  
Please
Maaloo
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
7.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
galla
  
basque
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Basque people
  
Origin
16
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Oromo and Basque 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 Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Basque language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Basque Difficulty
The Oromo vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Basque 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 Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.