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Oromo vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
India, No official status   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
0   
15

National Language
Ethiopia   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Maithili and Magahi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
43   
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
11   
8

How Many Consonants
24   
14
34   
24

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Please
Maaloo   
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Caribbean Hindustani   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
16,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Orma   
Fiji Hindi   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
380,000.00   
31

Dialect 3
Wata   
Tharu Bhojpuri   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
India   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
0.43 %   
31

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas   

French Name
galla   
bhojpuri   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Bhojpuri   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16   
19th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Bhojpuri   

Language Position
91   
99+
37   
29

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
bho   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
bho   

ISO 639 3
orm   
bho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
bhoj1246   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-sa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Oromo and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Bhojpuri language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century. 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 Bhojpuri Language History.

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Oromo and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Bhojpuri language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Oromo vs Bhojpuri Difficulty

The Oromo vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.

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