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Oromo vs Burmese


Burmese vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Mon   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

How Many Consonants
24   
14
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Tangut   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
Maaloo   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Orma   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Wata   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
galla   
birman   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
16   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
91   
99+
43   
32

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
bur   

ISO 639 3
orm   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Oromo and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Burmese language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD. 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 Burmese Language History.

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

Oromo vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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