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Malaysian and Oromo


Oromo and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Malaysia   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Somalia   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Not Available   

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

Similar To
Indonesian Language   
Somali Language   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
24   
14
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
akkam   

Thank You
terima kasih   
Galatoomi   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
Attam jirta/jirtu?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Nagayattii buli   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
Akkam waarite   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
Attam oolte / ooltan   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
Attam bulte/bultan   

Please
sila   
Maaloo   

Sorry
maaf   
naa dhiisi   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Nagayattii!   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
Sin jaaladha   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
Maaloo na dabarsi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Borana   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
4,000,000.00   
19

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Orma   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Musi   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.36 %   
36

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
Afaan Oromo   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Afaan Oromoo   

French Name
malais   
galla   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Galla-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Oromos   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
16   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Afaan Oromo   

Language Position
54   
39
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
om   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
orm   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
orm   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
orm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
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
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Malaysian and Oromo Speaking population

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

Malaysian and Oromo Language Codes

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

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