Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
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 in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
France, kerala
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
38.00 million
  
33
25.00 million
  
40
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
Malayalam and Oromo Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Malayalam and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Oromo language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Oromo Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Oromo Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Malayalam and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.