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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
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
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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