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Maltese and Oromo


Oromo and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Ethiopia, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
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
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

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
520,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Orma  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
66,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Wata  

Where They Speak
-  
Kenya  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
13,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
17  
16

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.36 %  
38

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
35.00 million  
24

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  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Afaan Oromo  

Language Position
25  
23
91  
99+

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  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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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.

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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.

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