Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
India
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
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.
  
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Not Available
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Selam
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
tschao
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Western Assam
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
15.30 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
amharique
  
assamais
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
13th century
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Assamese
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
All Amharic and Assamese 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 Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Assamese Speaking population
Amharic and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Assamese on Amharic vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Assamese Language Codes
Amharic and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.