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Xhosa vs Oromo


Oromo vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
10  
7

How Many Consonants
43  
32
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Molo  
akkam  

Thank You
Ndiyabulela  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
Unjani  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
Molo  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
Ndicela  
Maaloo  

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka  
Borana  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Thembu  
Orma  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
66,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Hlubi  
Wata  

Where They Speak
South Africa  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
13,000.00  
33

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.36 %  
36

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
21
Not Available  

Native Name
isiXhosa  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
xhosa  
galla  

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  
Oromos  

History

Origin
16th Century  
16  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Cushitic  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
isiXhosa  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
Not Available  
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
xh  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
xho  
orm  

ISO 639 3
xho  
orm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
xhos1239  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Xhosa and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Oromo language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century 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 Xhosa and Oromo Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Oromo Difficulty

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

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