Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
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
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
unë e dua ju
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Më falni
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Gondar
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Gondar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
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Alternative Names
Not Available
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
albanais
amharique
German Name
Albanisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Amharas
Origin
1462 AD
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
Ethiopic
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Amharic
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
alba1267
amha1245
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Albanian 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 Albanian and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Amharic language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Amharic Difficulty
The Albanian vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian 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 Albanian and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.