Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Malta
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Roman Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maltese-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
Ħello
  
akkam
  
Thank You
Grazzi
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
Kif int?
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Qormi
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Żejtun
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Malta
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Present
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.52 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Native Name
Malti
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Malti
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
maltais
  
galla
  
German Name
Maltesisch
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maltese
  
Oromos
  
Origin
c. 1470
  
16
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
North Abric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Maltese
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mt
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
mlt
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
malt1254
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
All Maltese 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 Maltese and Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Oromo Speaking population
Maltese and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available 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 Maltese and Oromo on Maltese vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Oromo Language Codes
Maltese and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.