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Amharic vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs 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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Amharic and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Malaysian language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Amharic and Malaysian Language History.

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Amharic and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Malaysian language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Amharic vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Amharic vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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