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Indonesian and Amharic


Amharic and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
19  
9
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
10.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
56  
99+
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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All Indonesian and Amharic 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 Indonesian and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Indonesian and Amharic Speaking population

Indonesian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Indonesian and Amharic on Indonesian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Amharic Language Codes

Indonesian and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Indonesian and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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