Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Assam, India
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Assam, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
Not Available
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
Not Available
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Nungni khabora ma?
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
  
Please
Maaloo
  
अननानै (Onnanwi)
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Orma
  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Assam, India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
0.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
0.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
बड़ो (boṛo)
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
  
French Name
galla
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[bɔɽo]
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
  
Origin
16
  
1913
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Not Available
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
brx
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
bodo1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Oromo and Bodo 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 Bodo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Bodo language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Bodo word for "Thank You" is Not Available. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Bodo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Bodo Difficulty
The Oromo vs Bodo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Bodo 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 Bodo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Bodo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Bodo time required is Not Available.