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Amharic and Hebrew


Hebrew and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Israel   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
Israel   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Israel   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Poland   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academy of the Hebrew Language   

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.
  
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Arabic and Aramaic languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Aramaic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
22   
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
0   

How Many Consonants
31   
21
22   
12

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Hebrew   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
שלום (Shalom)   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
תודה (Toda)   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
לילה טוב (Laila tov)   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
ערב טוב (Erev tov)   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)   

Please
i'bakwon   
בבקשה (bevekshah)   

Sorry
aznallehu   
סליחה! (Slicha)   

Bye
tschao   
להתראות (Lehitraot)   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
בבקשה!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Ashkenazi Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Israel   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Samaritan Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Israel, Palestine   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Yemenite Hebrew   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Israel   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
7   
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
4.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
5.60 million   
27

Native Name
Not Available   
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Israeli, Ivrit   

French Name
amharique   
hébreu   

German Name
Amharisch   
Hebräisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Not Available   

History

Origin
13th century   
1000 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Semitic   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Canaanitic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Modern Hebrew   

Language Position
55   
40
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Signed Hebrew   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
he   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
heb   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
heb   

ISO 639 3
amh   
heb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
hebr1246   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
12-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Amharic and Hebrew Speaking population

Amharic and Hebrew speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Hebrew languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Hebrew Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is Not Available. 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 Hebrew on Amharic vs Hebrew where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Hebrew Language Codes

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

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