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Oromo vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Karnataka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
  • Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Tamil  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60  
35
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
10  
7

How Many Consonants
41  
30
24  
14

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)  
akkam  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
Maaloo  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
39
4,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
66,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
13,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
15
0.36 %  
36

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
Not Available  

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
télougou  
galla  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Telugu people  
Oromos  

History

Origin
c. 575  
16  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Cushitic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
15  
14
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
orm  

ISO 639 3
tel  
orm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
telu1262  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Telugu and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Oromo language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 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 Telugu and Oromo Language History.

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

Telugu vs Oromo Difficulty

The Telugu vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Telugu 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 Telugu and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Telugu and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Telugu is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.

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