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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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