Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Maaloo
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
galla
  
marathe
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
16
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Oromo and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Marathi language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Marathi Difficulty
The Oromo vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.