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Persian vs Oromo


Oromo vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
32   
14
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
23   
13
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.36 %   
36

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   

History

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   

Language Position
23   
19
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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Persian and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Oromo language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16. 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 Persian and Oromo Language History.

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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.

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