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Countries

Countries

European Union, Malta
Ethiopia, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

22
0 46
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National Language

Malta
Ethiopia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Somalia

Regulated By

National Council for the Maltese Language
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Interesting Facts

  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.

Similar To

Western Arabic Dialects
Somali Language

Derived From

Roman Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3034
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

610
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2424
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ħello
akkam

Thank You

Grazzi
Galatoomi

How Are You?

Kif int?
Attam jirta/jirtu?

Good Night

Il-Lejla it-tajba
Nagayattii buli

Good Evening

Il-Lejla it-tajba
Akkam waarite

Good Afternoon

Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Attam oolte / ooltan

Good Morning

L-għodwa t-tajba
Attam bulte/bultan

Please

Jekk jogħġbok
Maaloo

Sorry

Skużani!
naa dhiisi

Bye

Ċaw
Nagayattii!

I Love You

Inħobbok ħafna
Sin jaaladha

Excuse Me

Skużi!
Maaloo na dabarsi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qormi
Borana

Where They Speak

Malta
Ethiopia, Kenya

How Many People Speak

520,000.004,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Żejtun
Orma

Where They Speak

Malta
Kenya

How Many People Speak

500,000.0066,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not Present
Wata

Where They Speak

-
Kenya

How Many People Speak

500,000.0013,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

217
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.52 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.02 %0.36 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.52 million24.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.50 million35.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Malti
Afaan Oromo

Alternative Names

Malti
Afaan Oromoo

French Name

maltais
galla

German Name

Maltesisch
Galla-Sprache

Pronunciation

[mɔːltiːz]
[ɔrɔmɔ]

Ethnicity

Maltese
Oromos

History

Origin

c. 1470
16

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Cushitic

Branch

North Abric
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Maltese
Afaan Oromo

Language Position

2591
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maltese Sign Language
Oromo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

mt
om

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlt
orm

ISO 639 2/B

mlt
orm

ISO 639 3

mlt
orm

ISO 639 6

mlt
orm

Glottocode

malt1254
nucl1736

Linguasphere

12-AAC-c
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
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Maltese and Oromo Alphabets

Maltese and Oromo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maltese and Oromo. In Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters while in Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters. To learn Maltese and Oromo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maltese and Oromo languages. The Maltese phonology consist Maltese vowels and Maltese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Maltese greetings vs Oromo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maltese and Oromo are Most Spoken Languages.

All Maltese 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 Maltese and Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Maltese and Oromo Speaking population

Maltese and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % 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 Maltese and Oromo on Maltese vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Oromo Language Codes

Maltese and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.