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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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