Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Ethiopia, Kenya
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
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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
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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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
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Borana
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Ethiopia, Kenya
Where They Speak
Olonets
Kenya
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Kenya
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Russki
Afaan Oromoo
German Name
Russisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
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Ethnicity
Russians
Oromos
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Eastern
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Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Afaan Oromo
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
russ1263
nucl1736
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Russian 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 Russian and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Oromo language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Oromo Difficulty
The Russian vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.