Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
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 in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Benin, Togo
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
30.00 million
  
36
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.