Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
سلام
  
akkam
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
لطفا
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
24.00 million
  
33
Native Name
فارسی
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
persan
  
galla
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Oromos
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
16
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Persian and Oromo 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 Persian and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Oromo language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Oromo Difficulty
The Persian vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Oromo 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 Persian and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.