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Javanese and Amharic


Amharic and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
31  
21

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Selam  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
matur nuwun  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
aznallehu  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
tschao  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
basa Jawa  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
javanais  
amharique  

German Name
Javanisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Amharas  

History

Origin
450 AD  
13th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Amharic  

Language Position
11  
10
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
amh  

ISO 639 3
jav  
amh  

ISO 639 6
jav  
amh  

Glottocode
java1253  
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 Javanese 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 Javanese and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Javanese and Amharic Speaking population

Javanese and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Amharic on Javanese vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Amharic Language Codes

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

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