Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
India, Pakistan
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
tschao
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
5.42 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
amharique
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
13th century
  
12th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Kashmiri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
kash1277
  
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
  
Amharic and Kashmiri Speaking population
Amharic and Kashmiri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Kashmiri languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Kashmiri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri on Amharic vs Kashmiri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Kashmiri Language Codes
Amharic and Kashmiri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Kashmiri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.