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Amharic and Indonesian


Indonesian and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
31   
21
19   
9

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Halo   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
i'bakwon   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
aznallehu   
maaf   

Bye
tschao   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Showa   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
Not Available   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
amharique   
indonésien   

German Name
Amharisch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
13th century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indonesian   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Indonesian   

Language Position
55   
40
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
ind   

ISO 639 3
amh   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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

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Amharic and Indonesian Speaking population

Amharic and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Amharic and Indonesian on Amharic vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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