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Oromo vs Korean


Korean vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Ethiopia  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Somalia  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
21  
18

How Many Consonants
24  
14
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
Maaloo  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
19
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Orma  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
37
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Wata  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
33
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
36
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
galla  
coréen  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Koreans  

History

Origin
16  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
91  
99+
12  
11

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
kor  

ISO 639 3
orm  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Oromo and Korean Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Korean language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean Language History.

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

Oromo vs Korean Difficulty

The Oromo vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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