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Albanian and Amharic


Amharic and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • 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
Romanian   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
29   
19
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Selam   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Ju lutem   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Me fal   
aznallehu   

Bye
mirupafshim   
tschao   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
albanais   
amharique   

German Name
Albanisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Amharas   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Amharic   

Language Position
Not Available   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
amh   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Albanian and Amharic Speaking population

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

Albanian and Amharic Language Codes

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

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