Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Tagalog Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Spanish Language
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
Kumusta
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Kumusta
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Magandang hapon
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Magandang umaga
  
Please
Maaloo
  
Mangyaring
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
Paalam
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
Mahal kita
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Bikol
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Hiligaynon
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Waray
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
90.00 million
  
17
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
45.00 million
  
23
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
filipino
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Pilipino
  
French Name
galla
  
filipino; pilipino
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Pilipino
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
No Data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
fil
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
fil
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
fil
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
fili1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No Data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Oromo and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Filipino language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Filipino Difficulty
The Oromo vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.