Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
European Union, Malta
  
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 in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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!
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
Oromo and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Maltese language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Maltese Difficulty
The Oromo vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Maltese 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 Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.