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English and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
Ethiopia  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
31  
21
21  
11

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Hello  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
How are you?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Good Night  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Good Morning  

Please
i'bakwon  
Please  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Sorry  

Bye
tschao  
Bye  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
I love you  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
American English  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Showa  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
Not Available  
English  

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

French Name
amharique  
anglais  

German Name
Amharisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Not Available  

History

Origin
13th century  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Standard English  

Language Position
55  
40
3  
3

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
eng  

ISO 639 3
amh  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
amha1245  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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

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Amharic and English Speaking population

Amharic and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and English languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Amharic vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and English Language Codes

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

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