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Amharic and German


German and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Ethiopia  
Germany  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
10  
7

How Many Consonants
31  
21
9  
1

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
hallo  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Danke  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
guten Morgen  

Please
i'bakwon  
bitte  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Verzeihung  

Bye
tschao  
Tschüs  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Showa  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
Not Available  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
amharique  
allemand  

German Name
Amharisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Germans  

History

Origin
13th century  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Germanic  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
55  
40
9  
9

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
ger  

ISO 639 3
amh  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
amha1245  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Amharic and German Speaking population

Amharic and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and German languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Amharic vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and German Language Codes

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

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