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Malagasy and Amharic


Amharic and Malagasy


Countries

Countries
Madagascar   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
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
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
  • 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
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Salama!   
Selam   

Thank You
Misaotra   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Manao ahoana!   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Alina tsara   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Manao ahoana e   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Maraina tsara   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
azafady   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Miala tsiny   
aznallehu   

Bye
Veloma!   
tschao   

I Love You
Tiako ianao.   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Azafady   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Merina   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Western Malagasy   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Sakalava   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.28 %   
40
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
18.00 million   
38
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
malgache   
amharique   

German Name
Malagassi-Sprache   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Malagasy people   
Amharas   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
13th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Austronesian   
Semitic   

Branch
Indonesian   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
standard Malagasy   
Amharic   

Language Position
84   
99+
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mg   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlg   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
mlg   
amh   

ISO 639 3
mlg   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1537   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Malagasy and Amharic Speaking population

Malagasy and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % 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 Malagasy and Amharic on Malagasy vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Amharic Language Codes

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

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