Countries
West Java
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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 and Malay Languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1631
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Selam
Thank You
Nuhun
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Mangga
i'bakwon
Sorry
Hapunten
aznallehu
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
tschao
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Punten
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Gondar
Where They Speak
Banten
Gondar
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Bogor
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Showa
Where They Speak
Bandung
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
soundanais
amharique
German Name
Sundanesisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Amharas
Origin
5th century 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
Sundanese
Amharic
Language Position
4255
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
amh
ISO 639 2/B
sun
amh
ISO 639 3
sun
amh
ISO 639 6
sun
amh
Glottocode
sund1251
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional