Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Japan
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
Maaloo
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Fukuoka
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Not Available
  
French Name
galla
  
japonais
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
16
  
1185
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Oromo and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Japanese language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Japanese Difficulty
The Oromo vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.