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Oromo vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
Bhutan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Somalia   
India   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Dzongkha Development Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Sikkimese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tibetan Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
30   
20

Scripts
Latin   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
Kuzoozangpo La   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
Kaadinchhey La   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
lek shom ay zim   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
Not Available   

Please
Maaloo   
Not Available   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
Tsip maza   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
Log Jay Gay   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
Nga cheu lu ga   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
Tsip maza   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Laya   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Orma   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Wata   
Adap   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
0.17 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.47 million   
37

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   

French Name
galla   
dzongkha   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Dzongkha   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Ngalop people   

History

Origin
16   
17th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Dzongkha   

Language Position
91   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
dz   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
dzo   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
dzo   

ISO 639 3
orm   
dzo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
nucl1307   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

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 Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Dzongkha language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Dzongkha Language History.

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

Oromo vs Dzongkha Difficulty

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

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