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Amharic and Malaysian


Malaysian and Amharic


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Ethiopia   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
31   
21
24   
14

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Hai   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Selamat pagi   

Please
i'bakwon   
sila   

Sorry
aznallehu   
maaf   

Bye
tschao   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Showa   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Indonesia   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
24   
20

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Not Available   
Bahasa melayu   

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

French Name
amharique   
malais   

German Name
Amharisch   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Not Available   

History

Origin
13th century   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
55   
40
54   
39

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
may   

ISO 639 3
amh   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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

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Amharic and Malaysian Speaking population

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

Amharic and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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