Oromo vs Igbo
Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
Maaloo
  
Biko
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
Ndo
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Ibo
  
French Name
galla
  
igbo
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
16
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Standard Igbo
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
nucl1417
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
Oromo and Igbo Language History
Comparison of Oromo vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Igbo language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC. 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 Igbo Language History.
Oromo and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Igbo language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Igbo Difficulty
The Oromo vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.