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Malayalam and Oromo


Oromo and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Somalia   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Somali Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
10   
7

How Many Consonants
41   
30
24   
14

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
akkam   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
Galatoomi   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
Attam jirta/jirtu?   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
Nagayattii buli   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
Akkam waarite   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
Attam oolte / ooltan   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
Attam bulte/bultan   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
Maaloo   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
naa dhiisi   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
Nagayattii!   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
Sin jaaladha   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
Maaloo na dabarsi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Borana   

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
19

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Orma   

Where They Speak
India   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Wata   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
0.36 %   
36

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
24.00 million   
33

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
Afaan Oromo   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Afaan Oromoo   

French Name
malayalam   
galla   

German Name
Malayalam   
Galla-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Oromos   

History

Origin
9th Century   
16   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Afaan Oromo   

Language Position
29   
24
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
om   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
orm   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
orm   

ISO 639 3
mal   
orm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
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
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Malayalam and Oromo Speaking population

Malayalam and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % 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 Malayalam and Oromo on Malayalam vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Oromo Language Codes

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

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