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Amharic and Javanese


Javanese 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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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 Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
31   
21
21   
11

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Halo   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
i'bakwon   
Not Available   

Sorry
aznallehu   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
tschao   
Kepanggih malih benjang   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Pekalongan   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Indonesia   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Indonesia   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
16   
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
82.00 million   
19

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
basa Jawa   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Djawa, Jawa   

French Name
amharique   
javanais   

German Name
Amharisch   
Javanisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   

History

Origin
13th century   
450 AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indonesian   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Javanese   

Language Position
55   
40
11   
10

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
jav   

ISO 639 3
amh   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
java1253   

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

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Amharic and Javanese Speaking population

Amharic and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Amharic vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Javanese Language Codes

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

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