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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.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
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
Maaloo
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Not Available
  
French Name
galla
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Oromo and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Sanskrit language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Oromo vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.