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Oromo vs Spanish


Spanish vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
46   
1

National Language
Ethiopia   
Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
hola   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
Gracias   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
Buenos Días   

Please
Maaloo   
Por Favor   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
triste   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
adiós   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Orma   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Wata   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
Español   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
galla   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16   
210 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
91   
99+
2   
2

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
spa   

ISO 639 3
orm   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Oromo and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Spanish language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Oromo vs Spanish Difficulty

The Oromo vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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