Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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)
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.