Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
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 in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
77.00 million
  
22
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.