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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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
Not Available   

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   
25
4,000,000.00   
19

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Orma   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Musi   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
13,000.00   
33

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 %   
14
0.36 %   
36

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
Afaan Oromo   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Afaan Oromoo   

French Name
malais   
galla   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Galla-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Oromos   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
16   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
39
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
nucl1736   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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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 Not Available.

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