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Amharic and Greek


Greek and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Ethiopia   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Armenian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
31   
21
17   
7

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Arabic, 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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
i'bakwon   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
aznallehu   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
tschao   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Showa   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
amharique   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Amharisch   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
13th century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Hellenic   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
55   
40
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
gre   

ISO 639 3
amh   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
amha1245   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Amharic and Greek Speaking population

Amharic and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Amharic vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Greek Language Codes

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

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