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Amharic and Sanskrit


Sanskrit 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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Old German Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
16   
13

How Many Consonants
31   
21
36   
26

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Devanagari   

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
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
i'bakwon   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
aznallehu   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
tschao   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
0   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
14.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Not Available   

French Name
amharique   
sanskrit   

German Name
Amharisch   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Not Available   

History

Origin
13th century   
2000 B.C.   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Sanskrit   

Language Position
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
san   

ISO 639 3
amh   
san   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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

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Amharic and Sanskrit Speaking population

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

Amharic and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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