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Oromo vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Ethiopia   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Kazakh language agency   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
Maaloo   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
bye   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Kazakhstan   

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

Dialect 2
Orma   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Wata   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
galla   
kazakh   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
16   
17th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Kazakh   

Language Position
91   
99+
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
orm   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Oromo and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Kazakh language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Kazakh Language History.

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

Oromo vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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