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Maltese vs Oromo


Oromo vs 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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Maltese and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Oromo language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 whereas history of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Maltese and Oromo Language History.

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Maltese 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 Maltese and Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Oromo language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maltese vs Oromo Difficulty

The Maltese vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese 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 Maltese and Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.

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