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Oromo vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ethiopia   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
34   
16
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

How Many Consonants
24   
14
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
e kaaro   

Please
Maaloo   
Jowo   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
binu   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
bye   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Orma   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Wata   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
28.00 million   
29

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
galla   
yoruba   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
16   
4 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
91   
99+
49   
36

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
yor   

ISO 639 3
orm   
yor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Oromo and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Yoruba language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC. 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 Yoruba Language History.

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

Oromo vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Oromo vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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