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Spanish and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
46   
1

National Language
Ethiopia   
Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

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

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
31   
21
22   
12

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   
hola   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
Gracias   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Buenos Días   

Please
i'bakwon   
Por Favor   

Sorry
aznallehu   
triste   

Bye
tschao   
adiós   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Showa   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
Not Available   
Español   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
amharique   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Amharisch   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Not Available   

History

Origin
13th century   
210 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Romance   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
55   
40
2   
2

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
spa   

ISO 639 3
amh   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Amharic and Spanish Speaking population

Amharic and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Amharic vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Spanish Language Codes

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

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