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Oromo vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ethiopia   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Hindi and Urdu Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
17   
14

How Many Consonants
24   
14
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
Assalām ‘alaikum   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
Hach t'ochoktiya   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
Hach ch'i   

Please
Maaloo   
Not Available   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
Khuda hāfiz   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Kashtawari   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Orma   
Poguli   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Pogul and Paristan valleys   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Wata   
Rambani   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
India   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
5.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
5.42 million   
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   

French Name
galla   
kashmiri   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Kaschmiri   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kəːʃur]   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Kashmiris or koshur   

History

Origin
16   
12th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Kashmiri   

Language Position
91   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
ks   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
kas   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
kas   

ISO 639 3
orm   
kas   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
kash1277   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Oromo and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Kashmiri language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Kashmiri Language History.

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Oromo and Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Kashmiri language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Oromo vs Kashmiri Difficulty

The Oromo vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.

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