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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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