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Amharic vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
31  
21
24  
14

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
98.00 million  
8

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  

History

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
55  
99+
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Amharic and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Malaysian language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Amharic and Malaysian Language History.

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Amharic and Malaysian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Amharic and Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Malaysian language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Amharic vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Amharic vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Malaysian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Amharic and Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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