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Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
10  
7

How Many Consonants
41  
30
24  
14

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
akkam  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Maaloo  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Orma  

Where They Speak
India  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Wata  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
malayalam  
galla  

German Name
Malayalam  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Oromos  

History

Origin
9th Century  
16  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
29  
27
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
orm  

ISO 639 3
mal  
orm  

ISO 639 6
mal  
orm  

Glottocode
mala1464  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Malayalam and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Oromo language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Malayalam and Oromo Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Oromo Difficulty

The Malayalam vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is 44 weeks.

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