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Oromo vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
34   
16
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
24   
14
43   
32

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
66,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Wata   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
0.11 %   
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   

History

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
91   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Oromo and Xhosa Language History

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

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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.

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