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Amharic
Amharic

Malagasy
Malagasy



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Countries

Countries

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

-
-

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.
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.

Similar To

Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3321
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3120
9 60
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Scripts

Ethiopic
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Selam
Salama!

Thank You

amesege'nallo'
Misaotra

How Are You?

Dehina newot?
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

Dehna dur
Alina tsara

Good Evening

melkam meshe't
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

i'ndemin walu
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

i'ndemin adäru
Maraina tsara

Please

i'bakwon
azafady

Sorry

aznallehu
Miala tsiny

Bye

tschao
Veloma!

I Love You

afekirishalehu
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

yiqirta
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gondar
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Gondar
Merina

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Gojjami
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Ethiopia
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Showa
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

Ethiopia
-

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

52
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

18.70 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.37 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

10.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

አማርኛ
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

amharique
malgache

German Name

Amharisch
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Amharas
Malagasy people

History

Origin

13th century
1000 AD

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Austronesian

Branch

Ethiopic
Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Ge'ez
No early forms

Standard Forms

Amharic
standard Malagasy

Language Position

5584
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Amharic
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

am
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

amh
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

amh
mlg

ISO 639 3

amh
mlg

ISO 639 6

amh
mlg

Glottocode

amha1245
mala1537

Linguasphere

12-ACB-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
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Amharic and Malagasy Alphabets

Amharic and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Amharic and Malagasy. In Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Amharic and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Amharic and Malagasy languages. The Amharic phonology consist Amharic vowels and Amharic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Amharic greetings vs Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Amharic and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Amharic and Malagasy Speaking population

Amharic and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Amharic vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Malagasy Language Codes

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