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Portuguese and Oromo


Oromo and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
2   
13

National Language
Portugal   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Somalia   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Somali Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
19   
9
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Olá   
akkam   

Thank You
obrigado   
Galatoomi   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Attam jirta/jirtu?   

Good Night
boa noite   
Nagayattii buli   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
Akkam waarite   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Attam oolte / ooltan   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Attam bulte/bultan   

Please
Por Favor   
Maaloo   

Sorry
pesaroso   
naa dhiisi   

Bye
tchau   
Nagayattii!   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Sin jaaladha   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Maaloo na dabarsi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Borana   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
4,000,000.00   
19

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Orma   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.36 %   
36

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Português   
Afaan Oromo   

Alternative Names
Português   
Afaan Oromoo   

French Name
portugais   
galla   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Galla-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Oromos   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
16   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Afaan Oromo   

Language Position
6   
6
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
om   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
orm   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
orm   

ISO 639 3
por   
orm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
nucl1736   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Portuguese and Oromo Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Portuguese and Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Portuguese and Oromo Speaking population

Portuguese and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Portuguese and Oromo on Portuguese vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Oromo Language Codes

Portuguese and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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