Countries
Indonesia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Ethiopia
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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.
Similar To
Malay language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1931
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
73
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Selam
Thank You
Terima kasih
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
i'ndemin adäru
Please
mohon Untuk
i'bakwon
Sorry
maaf
aznallehu
Bye
Selamat tinggal
tschao
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Permisi
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Gondar
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Gondar
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Balinese
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Showa
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
465
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
163.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
23.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
140.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
indonésien
amharique
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Amharas
Origin
7th Century
13th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Malay
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Amharic
Language Position
5655
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
id
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ind
amh
ISO 639 2/B
ind
amh
ISO 639 3
ind
amh
ISO 639 6
ind
amh
Glottocode
indo1316
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional