Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Maaloo
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
galla
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
16
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Oromo and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Greek language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Greek Difficulty
The Oromo vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.