Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
tschao
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
amharique
  
arménien
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Armenians
  
Origin
13th century
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Amharic and Armenian Speaking population
Amharic and Armenian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Armenian languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Armenian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Armenian 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 Armenian on Amharic vs Armenian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Armenian Language Codes
Amharic and Armenian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Armenian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.