Countries
Indonesia
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
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 in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
18.70 million
  
99+
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.
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.