Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
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.
  
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
Molo
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Molo
  
Please
Maaloo
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
20.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
galla
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
16
  
16th 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
  
isiXhosa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Oromo and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Xhosa language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Oromo vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.