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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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