Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Maaloo
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
galla
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
16
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Macedonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic
  
Oromo and Macedonian 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 Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Macedonian language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Oromo vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.