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Indonesian and Amharic


Amharic and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Malay language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
19   
9
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Selam   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
mohon Untuk   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
maaf   
aznallehu   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
tschao   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Gondar   

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

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Gojjami   

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

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

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Ethiopia   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
Not Available   

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

French Name
indonésien   
amharique   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Amharas   

History

Origin
7th Century   
13th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Amharic   

Language Position
56   
99+
55   
40

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
amh   

ISO 639 3
ind   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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

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Indonesian and Amharic Speaking population

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

Indonesian and Amharic Language Codes

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

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