Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
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 in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
25.00 million
  
40
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Oromo language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Oromo Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.