Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
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 in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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!)
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
11.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.