Countries
South Africa
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
- 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
Dutch Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
asseblief
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
jammer
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Not Available
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
amharique
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Amharas
  
Origin
17th Century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Western
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Fusional
  
All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Amharic Speaking population
Afrikaans and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available 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 Afrikaans and Amharic on Afrikaans vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Amharic Language Codes
Afrikaans and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.