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Urdu and Oromo


Oromo and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
52   
31
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
40   
29
24   
14

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Wata   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.36 %   
36

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   

History

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   

Language Position
20   
18
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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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.

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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.

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