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Oromo vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
34   
16
26   
8

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   
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Wata   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
1.16 %   
14

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   

History

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   

Language Position
91   
99+
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Oromo and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Malaysian language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Oromo and Malaysian Language History.

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

Oromo vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Oromo vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Oromo and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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