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Russian and Oromo


Oromo and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Russia   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Somalia   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Somali Language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
akkam   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Galatoomi   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Attam jirta/jirtu?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Nagayattii buli   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Akkam waarite   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Attam oolte / ooltan   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Attam bulte/bultan   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Maaloo   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
naa dhiisi   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Nagayattii!   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Sin jaaladha   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Maaloo na dabarsi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Borana   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
4,000,000.00   
19

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Orma   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.36 %   
36

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
Afaan Oromo   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Afaan Oromoo   

French Name
russe   
galla   

German Name
Russisch   
Galla-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Oromos   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
16   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Cushitic   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Afaan Oromo   

Language Position
7   
7
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
om   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
orm   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
orm   

ISO 639 3
rus   
orm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
nucl1736   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Russian 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 Russian and Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Oromo Speaking population

Russian and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Oromo on Russian vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Oromo Language Codes

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

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