Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Ethiopia
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
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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
2431
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Selam
Thank You
terima kasih
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
i'ndemin adäru
Please
sila
i'bakwon
Sorry
maaf
aznallehu
Bye
Selamat tinggal
tschao
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Gondar
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Gondar
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
30,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Showa
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
245
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
malais
amharique
German Name
Malaiisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Amharas
Origin
c. 683 AD
13th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Amharic
Language Position
5455
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
amh
ISO 639 2/B
may
amh
ISO 639 3
zsm
amh
ISO 639 6
may
amh
Glottocode
stan1306
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional