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Malaysian and Amharic


Amharic and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
24  
14
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Musi  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
10.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
54  
99+
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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Malaysian and Amharic Speaking population

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

Malaysian and Amharic Language Codes

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

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