Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
Hai
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
Maaloo
  
sila
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
maaf
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
175.00 million
  
10
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Not Available
  
French Name
galla
  
malais
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
stan1306
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
All Oromo and Malaysian 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 Oromo and Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Oromo and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oromo are spoken in different Oromo Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oromo vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oromo dialects include: Borana, Orma. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Oromo and Malaysian Speaking population
Oromo and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Oromo and Malaysian on Oromo vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Oromo and Malaysian Language Codes
Oromo and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oromo and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.