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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
13
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Ethiopia
Somalia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Middle East
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
1.8 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.
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Afar and Oromo Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
3326
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
75
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
3121
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Ethiopic
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
35
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Selam
Hello
3.2 Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
3.3 How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Sidee tahay ?
3.4 Good Night
Dehna dur
Habeenka Good
3.5 Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Evening Good
3.6 Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
galab wanaagsan
3.7 Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Subax wanaagsan
3.8 Please
i'bakwon
Fadlan
3.9 Sorry
aznallehu
sorry
3.10 Bye
tschao
caraysiiyo
3.11 I Love You
afekirishalehu
Waan ku jeclahay
3.12 Excuse Me
yiqirta
iga raali ahow
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gondar
Northern Somali
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gondar
Gabon, Standard Somali
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Gojjami
Benaadir
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Showa
Af-Ashraaf
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Standard Somali
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
53
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
18.70 million13.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.37 %NA
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million8.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
10.00 millionNA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
af Soomaali
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
5.3.4 French Name
amharique
somali
5.3.5 German Name
Amharisch
Somali
5.4 Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Amharas
Somalis
6 History
6.1 Origin
13th century
19th century
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Semitic
Cushitic
6.2.2 Branch
Ethiopic
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Amharic
Somali
6.3.3 Language Position
5583
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Somali Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
am
so
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
amh
som
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
amh
som
7.3 ISO 639 3
amh
som
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
amha1245
soma1255
7.6 Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available

Amharic and Somali Alphabets

Amharic and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Amharic and Somali. In Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Amharic and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Amharic and Somali languages. The Amharic phonology consist Amharic vowels and Amharic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Amharic greetings vs Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Amharic and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Amharic and Somali Speaking population

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

Amharic and Somali Language Codes

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