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Oromo vs Marathi


Marathi vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

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

Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
34   
16
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
16   
13

How Many Consonants
24   
14
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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
66,000.00   
37
7,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 3
Wata   
Khandeshi   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Khandesh   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
42   
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
71.00 million   
25

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
1.10 %   
18

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   

History

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   

Language Position
91   
99+
17   
15

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Oromo and Marathi Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Marathi language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th 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 Marathi Language History.

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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.

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