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Oromo vs Basque


Basque vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
34  
16
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
France  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
19
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Orma  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
37
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Wata  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
33
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
36
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  

History

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
91  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Not Available  

Code

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  

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Oromo and Basque Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Basque language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. 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 Basque Language History.

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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.

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