Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Thailand
Regulated By
-
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Indonesian Language
Derived From
-
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3124
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
Hai
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
terima kasih
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Apa khabar?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Selamat pagi
Please
i'bakwon
sila
Sorry
aznallehu
maaf
Bye
tschao
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Gondar
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Gondar
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Pekal
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Musi
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
524
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
18.70 million175.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %1.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million77.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
amharique
malais
German Name
Amharisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Malaysian people
Origin
13th century
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Amharic
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
5554
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
msa
ISO 639 2/B
amh
may
ISO 639 3
amh
zsm
ISO 639 6
amh
may
Glottocode
amha1245
stan1306
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative