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Oromo vs Igbo


Igbo vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
34   
16
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
24   
14
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
66,000.00   
37
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Wata   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
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   

History

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   

Language Position
91   
99+
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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