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Amharic and Chinese


Chinese and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Ethiopia  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
24  
19

How Many Consonants
31  
21
23  
13

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
i'bakwon  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
aznallehu  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
tschao  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Showa  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Not Available  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Not Available  

French Name
amharique  
chinois  

German Name
Amharisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Han  

History

Origin
13th century  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
55  
40
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
chi  

ISO 639 3
amh  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
amha1245  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Amharic and Chinese Speaking population

Amharic and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Amharic vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Chinese Language Codes

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

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