Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
amharique
  
madourais
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Madurese
  
Origin
13th century
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Madurese
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
madu1247
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Amharic and Madurese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Amharic and Madurese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Madurese language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Madurese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Madurese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Madurese Difficulty
The Amharic vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Madurese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Amharic and Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.