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Oromo vs Nepali


Nepali vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ethiopia   
Nepal   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Somalia   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Hindi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Maaloo   
कृपया   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Orma   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Wata   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Nepal   

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
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
galla   
népalais   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
16   
19 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Nepali   

Language Position
91   
99+
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
nep   

ISO 639 3
orm   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12   

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 Nepali Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Nepali language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Oromo vs Nepali Difficulty

The Oromo vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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