Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Ethiopia
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Not Available
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
i'bakwon
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
aznallehu
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Gondar
Israel, kerala
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Mappila
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
India
Dialect 3
Showa
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
France, kerala
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
amharique
malayalam
German Name
Amharisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Amharas
Malayali
Origin
13th century
9th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Not Available
Branch
Ethiopic
Not Available
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early form
Standard Forms
Amharic
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
amha1245
mala1464
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
All Amharic and Malayalam 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 Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Malayalam Speaking population
Amharic and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Amharic vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Malayalam Language Codes
Amharic and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.