Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
India
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
Maaloo
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
104.00 million
  
15
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Bihari
  
French Name
galla
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16
  
12th Century CE
  
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
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Oromo and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Urdu language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Urdu Difficulty
The Oromo vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.