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Amharic and Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
India, No official status   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
0   
15

National Language
Ethiopia   
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   
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Maithili and Magahi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
43   
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
11   
8

How Many Consonants
31   
21
34   
24

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Please
i'bakwon   
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)   

Sorry
aznallehu   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Bye
tschao   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Caribbean Hindustani   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
16,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Fiji Hindi   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
380,000.00   
31

Dialect 3
Showa   
Tharu Bhojpuri   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.43 %   
31

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
40.00 million   
24

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas   

French Name
amharique   
bhojpuri   

German Name
Amharisch   
Bhojpuri   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Not Available   

History

Origin
13th century   
19th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Bhojpuri   

Language Position
55   
40
37   
29

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
bho   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
bho   

ISO 639 3
amh   
bho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
bhoj1246   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
59-AAF-sa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Amharic and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Amharic and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Bhojpuri on Amharic vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Bhojpuri Language Codes

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

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