Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Israel
  
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 in
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.