Amharic and Javanese
Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Indonesia
National Language
Ethiopia
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
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 Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
piye kabare?
Good Night
Dehna dur
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Sugeng énjing
Please
i'bakwon
matur nuwun
Sorry
aznallehu
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
tschao
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Gondar
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Gondar
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Indonesia
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Indonesia
Native Name
አማርኛ
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
amharique
javanais
German Name
Amharisch
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
13th century
450 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indonesian
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Javanese
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Javanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
amha1245
java1253
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
All Amharic and Javanese 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 Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Javanese Speaking population
Amharic and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Amharic vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Javanese Language Codes
Amharic and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.