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Oromo vs Uzbek


Uzbek vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Turkey, Uzbekistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Middle East  

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.
  
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  

Similar To
Somali Language  
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
24  
14
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
akkam  
Salom  

Thank You
Galatoomi  
Rakhmat  

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?  
Qalay siz?  

Good Night
Nagayattii buli  
Hayirli tun  

Good Evening
Akkam waarite  
Hayirli kech  

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan  
Hayirli kun  

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan  
Hayirli tong  

Please
Maaloo  
Iltimos  

Sorry
naa dhiisi  
Kechiring!  

Bye
Nagayattii!  
Xayr  

I Love You
Sin jaaladha  
Sizni sevaman  

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi  
Iltimos! Menga qarang  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana  
Tashkent  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
19
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Orma  
Afghan  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
66,000.00  
37
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Wata  
Ferghana  

Where They Speak
Kenya  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
13,000.00  
33
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
17  
16
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.36 %  
36
0.39 %  
34

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
26.00 million  
31

Native Name
Afaan Oromo  
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)  

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
galla  
ouszbek  

German Name
Galla-Sprache  
Usbekisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Oromos  
Uzbek  

History

Origin
16  
9th–12th centuries AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Turkic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southestern(Chagatai)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Chagatay  

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo  
Uzbek  

Language Position
91  
99+
53  
38

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
om  
uz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm  
uzb  

ISO 639 2/B
orm  
uzb  

ISO 639 3
orm  
uzb  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1736  
uzbe1247  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Oromo and Uzbek Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Uzbek language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Uzbek language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Uzbek language states that this language originated in 9th–12th centuries AD. 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 Uzbek Language History.

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

Oromo vs Uzbek Difficulty

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

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