Countries
Indonesia
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
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
  
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Derived From
Not Available
  
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Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
82.00 million
  
19
18.70 million
  
99+
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.
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.