Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
Maaloo
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
galla
  
hindi
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
16
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Oromo and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Hindi language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Hindi Difficulty
The Oromo vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.