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Madurese vs Amharic


Amharic vs Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • 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 and Javanese Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Madurese-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
Latin  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
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
Not Available  
tschao  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
40
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Bawean  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Ethiopia  

Dialect 3
Bangkalan  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Ethiopia  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.23 %  
99+
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
Madurese  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
madourais  
amharique  

German Name
Maduresisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Madurese  
Amharas  

History

Origin
Not Available  
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
Madurese  
Amharic  

Language Position
69  
99+
55  
40

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mad  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
mad  
amh  

ISO 639 3
mad  
amh  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
madu1247  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Madurese and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Madurese vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Madurese and Amharic language. History of Madurese language states that this language originated in Not Available whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century. 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 Madurese and Amharic Language History.

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

Madurese vs Amharic Difficulty

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

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