Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
Maaloo
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
maaf
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
galla
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
16
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Oromo and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Indonesian language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Oromo vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.