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Oromo vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
2   
13

National Language
Spain   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Somalia   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Somali Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
22   
12
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
hola   
akkam   

Thank You
Gracias   
Galatoomi   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
Attam jirta/jirtu?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
Nagayattii buli   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
Akkam waarite   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
Attam oolte / ooltan   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
Attam bulte/bultan   

Please
Por Favor   
Maaloo   

Sorry
triste   
naa dhiisi   

Bye
adiós   
Nagayattii!   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Sin jaaladha   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Maaloo na dabarsi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Borana   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
4,000,000.00   
19

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Orma   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.36 %   
36

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
Afaan Oromo   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Afaan Oromoo   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
galla   

German Name
Spanisch   
Galla-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Oromos   

History

Origin
210 BC   
16   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Afaan Oromo   

Language Position
2   
2
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
om   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
orm   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
orm   

ISO 639 3
spa   
orm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
nucl1736   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Spanish and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Oromo language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish and Oromo Language History.

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Spanish 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 Spanish and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Oromo language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs Oromo Difficulty

The Spanish vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.

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