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Amharic and Portuguese


Portuguese and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
10   
6

National Language
Ethiopia   
Portugal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
31   
21
19   
9

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Olá   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
obrigado   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Como você está?   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
boa noite   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
bom Dia   

Please
i'bakwon   
Por Favor   

Sorry
aznallehu   
pesaroso   

Bye
tschao   
tchau   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Showa   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Not Available   
Português   

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

French Name
amharique   
portugais   

German Name
Amharisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
13th century   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Romance   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Portuguese   

Language Position
55   
40
6   
6

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
por   

ISO 639 3
amh   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
port1283   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Amharic and Portuguese Speaking population

Amharic and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Amharic vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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