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Oromo vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
34   
16
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
66,000.00   
37
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Wata   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
1.16 %   
14

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   

History

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   

Language Position
91   
99+
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Oromo and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Indonesian language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Indonesian Language History.

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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.

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