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Amharic and Gujarati


Gujarati and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
NA   

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
31   
21
31   
21

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
i'bakwon   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
aznallehu   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
tschao   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
50.00 million   
22

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
amharique   
goudjrati   

German Name
Amharisch   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
13th century   
15   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
55   
40
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
guj   

ISO 639 3
amh   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Amharic and Gujarati Speaking population

Amharic and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Amharic vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Gujarati Language Codes

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

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