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Amharic and Oriya


Oriya and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
India   

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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Bengali and Assamese   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
11   
8

How Many Consonants
31   
21
31   
21

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   

Please
i'bakwon   
Not Available   

Sorry
aznallehu   
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   

Bye
tschao   
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Baleswari   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
India   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Ganjami   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
India   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Kosli   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
520,000.00   
21

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
33.00 million   
34

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   

French Name
amharique   
oriya   

German Name
Amharisch   
Oriya-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[ˈoɽia]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Odias   

History

Origin
13th century   
3 BC   

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   
Standard Odia   

Language Position
55   
40
32   
26

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
or   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
ori   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
ori   

ISO 639 3
amh   
ori   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
macr1269   

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   

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

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Amharic and Oriya Speaking population

Amharic and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Amharic vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Oriya Language Codes

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

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