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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English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
1,200.00 million
  
1
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.