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Amharic and Indonesian


Indonesian and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
-  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Malay language  

Derived From
-  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
31  
21
19  
9

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Halo  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
i'bakwon  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
aznallehu  
maaf  

Bye
tschao  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
አማርኛ  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
amharique  
indonésien  

German Name
Amharisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
13th century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indonesian  

Branch
Ethiopic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Indonesian  

Language Position
55  
99+
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
ind  

ISO 639 3
amh  
ind  

ISO 639 6
amh  
ind  

Glottocode
amha1245  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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All Amharic and Indonesian 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 Amharic and Indonesian dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Indonesian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Indonesian Dialects are spoken in different Indonesian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Indonesian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese , Balinese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Amharic and Indonesian Speaking population

Amharic and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian 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 Amharic and Indonesian on Amharic vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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