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Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
33  
2

National Language
Ethiopia  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Somalia  
South Africa  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
Hello  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
How are you?  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
Good Night  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
Good Morning  

Please
Maaloo  
Please  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
Sorry  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
Bye  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
American English  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
19
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Orma  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
37
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Wata  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
33
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
36
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
English  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Not Available  

French Name
galla  
anglais  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Not Available  

History

Origin
16  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Standard English  

Language Position
91  
99+
3  
3

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed English  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
eng  

ISO 639 3
orm  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Oromo and English Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and English language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century 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 English Language History.

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

Oromo vs English Difficulty

The Oromo vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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