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Malaysian vs Oromo


Oromo vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Malaysia  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Somalia  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language  
Somali Language  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
24  
14
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
akkam  

Thank You
terima kasih  
Galatoomi  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
Attam jirta/jirtu?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Nagayattii buli  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
Akkam waarite  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
Attam oolte / ooltan  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
Attam bulte/bultan  

Please
sila  
Maaloo  

Sorry
maaf  
naa dhiisi  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Nagayattii!  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Sin jaaladha  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
Maaloo na dabarsi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Borana  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Musi  
Wata  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
17  
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
Afaan Oromo  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia  
Afaan Oromoo  

French Name
malais  
galla  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Galla-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[ɔrɔmɔ]  

Ethnicity
Malaysian people  
Oromos  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
16  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
54  
99+
91  
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Oromo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
om  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
orm  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
orm  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
orm  

ISO 639 6
may  
orm  

Glottocode
stan1306  
nucl1736  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Malaysian and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Oromo language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD 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 Malaysian and Oromo Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Oromo Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is 44 weeks.

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