Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
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 in
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German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Sorry
aznallehu
Verzeihung
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Gondar
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Gondar
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Showa
Texas German
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Origin
13th century
6th Century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Germanic
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
amha1245
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
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.
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.