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Oromo vs Zulu


Zulu 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   
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

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

Alphabets
34   
16
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
24   
14
50   
35

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   
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   

Dialects

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
66,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Wata   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
0.16 %   
99+

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   

History

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   

Language Position
91   
99+
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Oromo and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Zulu language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Zulu Language History.

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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.

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