Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
India
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
akkam
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
الوداع
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
Not Available
  
Native Name
اُردُو
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
ourdou
  
galla
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Oromos
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
16
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
All Urdu 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 Urdu and Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Urdu and Oromo Speaking population
Urdu and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % 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 Urdu and Oromo on Urdu vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Urdu and Oromo Language Codes
Urdu and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.