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Javanese and Amharic


Amharic and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
31   
21

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Selam   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Not Available   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
aznallehu   

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang   
tschao   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Cirebon   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Arekan   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
16   
15
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million   
19
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %   
13
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
basa Jawa   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
javanais   
amharique   

German Name
Javanisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   
Amharas   

History

Origin
450 AD   
13th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Javanese   
Amharic   

Language Position
11   
10
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
jv   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
jav   
amh   

ISO 639 3
jav   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
java1253   
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 Javanese 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 Javanese and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Javanese and Amharic Speaking population

Javanese and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Amharic on Javanese vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Amharic Language Codes

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

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