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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
I love you
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Borana
American English
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
United States of America
Dialect 2
Orma
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Kenya
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Wata
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Kenya
United Kingdom
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Standard English
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
nucl1736
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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.