Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
Habari
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
Maaloo
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
pole
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
bye
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Zanzibar island
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Dar es Salaam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
galla
  
swahili
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
16
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Oromo and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Swahili language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Swahili Difficulty
The Oromo vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.