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Oromo vs Chinese


Chinese vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Ethiopia  
China, Taiwan  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Somalia  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
24  
19

How Many Consonants
24  
14
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Maaloo  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
19
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Orma  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
37
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Wata  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
33
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
36
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Not Available  

French Name
galla  
chinois  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Han  

History

Origin
16  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
91  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
chi  

ISO 639 3
orm  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Oromo and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Chinese language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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

Oromo vs Chinese Difficulty

The Oromo vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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