Countries
Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3116
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Selam
Halo
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Nuhun
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Wilujeng énjing
Please
i'bakwon
Mangga
Sorry
aznallehu
Hapunten
Bye
tschao
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Punten
Dialects
Dialect 1
Gondar
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Gondar
Banten
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Bogor
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Bandung
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million39.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
amharique
soundanais
German Name
Amharisch
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
History
Origin
13th century
5th century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indonesian
Branch
Ethiopic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Sundanese
Language Position
5542
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
am
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
sun
ISO 639 2/B
amh
sun
ISO 639 3
amh
sun
ISO 639 6
amh
sun
Glottocode
amha1245
sund1251
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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