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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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