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Oromo and Maltese


Maltese and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ethiopia   
Malta   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
Somali Language   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Not Available   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
Ħello   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
Maaloo   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
Skużani!   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Qormi   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Orma   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Wata   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Malti   

French Name
galla   
maltais   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Maltese   

History

Origin
16   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Maltese   

Language Position
91   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
orm   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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All Oromo and Maltese 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 Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Oromo and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oromo are spoken in different Oromo Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oromo vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oromo dialects include: Borana, Orma. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Oromo and Maltese Speaking population

Oromo and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. 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 Maltese on Oromo vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Maltese Language Codes

Oromo and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oromo and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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