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Oromo vs Estonian


Estonian vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
Estonia, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Somalia  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Finnish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
24  
14
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
Tere  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
Tere hommikust  

Please
Maaloo  
Palun  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
Vabandust  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
Head aega  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
19
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Orma  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
37
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Wata  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
33
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
36
Not Available  

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
0.95 million  
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Eesti keel  

French Name
galla  
estonien  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Estonians  

History

Origin
16  
13th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Estonian  

Language Position
91  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
est  

ISO 639 3
orm  
est  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Oromo and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Estonian language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian Language History.

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

Oromo vs Estonian Difficulty

The Oromo vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.

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