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Amharic and Norwegian


Norwegian and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
Norway   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Norwegian Language Council   

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
31   
21
20   
10

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
hallo   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
takk   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
god natt   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
god morgen   

Please
i'bakwon   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
aznallehu   
unnskyld   

Bye
tschao   
ha det   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Norsk   

French Name
amharique   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Amharisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
13th century   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Germanic   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
nor   

ISO 639 3
amh   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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

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Amharic and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Amharic and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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