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Oromo vs Persian


Persian vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Ethiopia  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Somalia  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
سلام  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Maaloo  
لطفا  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
متاسف  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
19
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Orma  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
37
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Wata  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
33
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
36
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
65.00 million  
17

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
galla  
persan  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Persian people  

History

Origin
16  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Persian  

Language Position
91  
99+
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
per  

ISO 639 3
orm  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Oromo and Persian Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Persian language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Persian Language History.

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

Oromo vs Persian Difficulty

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

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