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Oromo
Oromo

Malaysian
Malaysian



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Countries

Countries

Ethiopia, Kenya
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore

Total No. Of Countries

23
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Malaysia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Somalia
Thailand

Regulated By

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Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka

Interesting Facts

  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  • 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.

Similar To

Somali Language
Indonesian Language

Derived From

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Tamil Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3426
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

106
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

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

akkam
Hai

Thank You

Galatoomi
terima kasih

How Are You?

Attam jirta/jirtu?
Apa khabar?

Good Night

Nagayattii buli
Selamat Malam

Good Evening

Akkam waarite
Selamat Petang

Good Afternoon

Attam oolte / ooltan
Selamat tengah hari

Good Morning

Attam bulte/bultan
Selamat pagi

Please

Maaloo
sila

Sorry

naa dhiisi
maaf

Bye

Nagayattii!
Selamat tinggal

I Love You

Sin jaaladha
Saya sayang kamu

Excuse Me

Maaloo na dabarsi
Maafkan saya

Dialects

Dialect 1

Borana
Bengkulu

Where They Speak

Ethiopia, Kenya
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Orma
Pekal

Where They Speak

Kenya
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

66,000.0030,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wata
Musi

Where They Speak

Kenya
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

13,000.003,100,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1724
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million175.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.36 %1.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million77.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

35.00 million98.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afaan Oromo
Bahasa melayu

Alternative Names

Afaan Oromoo
Bahasa Malaysia

French Name

galla
malais

German Name

Galla-Sprache
Malaiisch

Pronunciation

[ɔrɔmɔ]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]

Ethnicity

Oromos
Malaysian people

History

Origin

16
c. 683 AD

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
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Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

Afaan Oromo
Pluricentric Standard Malay

Language Position

9154
1 120
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Signed Forms

Oromo Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

om
ms

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

orm
msa

ISO 639 2/B

orm
may

ISO 639 3

orm
zsm

ISO 639 6

orm
may

Glottocode

nucl1736
stan1306

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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-

Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative

Oromo and Malaysian Alphabets

Oromo and Malaysian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Oromo and Malaysian. In Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Malaysian Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Oromo and Malaysian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Oromo and Malaysian languages. The Oromo phonology consist Oromo vowels and Oromo consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Oromo greetings vs Malaysian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Oromo and Malaysian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Oromo and Malaysian Speaking population

Oromo and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Oromo and Malaysian on Oromo vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Malaysian Language Codes

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