Amharic and Afrikaans
Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
South Africa
National Language
Ethiopia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Not Available
Dutch Language
Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Dankie
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Dehna dur
goeie nag
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Goeie middag
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
goeie more
Please
i'bakwon
asseblief
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Gondar
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Gondar
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Not Available
Dialect 3
Showa
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Cape Dutch
French Name
amharique
afrikaans
German Name
Amharisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Afrikaners
Origin
13th century
17th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Germanic
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Amharic
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
amha1245
afri1274
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic
All Amharic and Afrikaans 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 Amharic and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Afrikaans Speaking population
Amharic and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Amharic and Afrikaans on Amharic vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Afrikaans Language Codes
Amharic and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.