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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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

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   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Musi   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

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 %   
14
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
malais   
amharique   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Amharas   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
13th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Amharic   

Language Position
54   
39
55   
40

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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