Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
India
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Maaloo
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
galla
  
oriya
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Odias
  
Origin
16
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Oromo and Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Oriya language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Oriya Difficulty
The Oromo vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.