Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
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.
  
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
tschao
  
Slán
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
Not Available
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
amharique
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Irish people
  
Origin
13th century
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Amharic and Irish Speaking population
Amharic and Irish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Irish languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Irish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Irish 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 Irish on Amharic vs Irish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Irish Language Codes
Amharic and Irish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Irish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.