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Maltese and Oromo


Oromo and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
30   
12
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
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.36 %   
36

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   

History

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   
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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