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Amharic and Serbian


Serbian and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Ethiopia   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
31   
21
25   
15

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
i'bakwon   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
aznallehu   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
tschao   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Southeastern Serbia   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

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

French Name
amharique   
serbe   

German Name
Amharisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Serbs   

History

Origin
13th century   
11th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
55   
40
44   
33

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
srp   

ISO 639 3
amh   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
53-AAA-g   

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

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Amharic and Serbian Speaking population

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

Amharic and Serbian Language Codes

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

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