Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
unjani
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Maaloo
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
bye
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Orma
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
galla
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
16
  
19
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Deep Zulu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Oromo and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Zulu language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Zulu Difficulty
The Oromo vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.