Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Ethiopia
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Not Available
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
متشکرم
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
Dehna dur
شب بخیر
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
صبح به خیر
I Love You
afekirishalehu
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
yiqirta
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Gondar
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Gondar
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Showa
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
فارسی
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
amharique
persan
German Name
Amharisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Persian people
Origin
13th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Amharic
Persian
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
amha1245
fars1254
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
All Amharic and Persian 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 Persian dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Persian Speaking population
Amharic and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Amharic vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Persian Language Codes
Amharic and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.