Countries
Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Ethiopia
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Somalia
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Somali Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Not Available
Roman Languages
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3430
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
106
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2424
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
NA30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
akkam
Ħello
Thank You
Galatoomi
Grazzi
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Kif int?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
Maaloo
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
naa dhiisi
Skużani!
Bye
Nagayattii!
Ċaw
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Skużi!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Borana
Qormi
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Malta
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Kenya
Malta
How Many People Speak
66,000.00NA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Not Present
Where They Speak
Kenya
Not Available
How Many People Speak
13,000.00NA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
172
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million0.52 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %NA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million0.52 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
Malti
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Malti
French Name
galla
maltais
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Oromos
Maltese
History
Origin
16
c. 1470
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Maltese
Language Position
91NA
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Not Available
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
om
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
orm
mlt
ISO 639 3
orm
mlt
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1736
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic