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Amharic and Swedish


Swedish and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Ethiopia   
Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
31   
21
18   
8

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   
hej   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
hur mår du   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
godnatt   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
god morgon   

Please
i'bakwon   
vänligen   

Sorry
aznallehu   
ledsen   

Bye
tschao   
hej då   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Showa   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
79   
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Not Available   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
amharique   
suédois   

German Name
Amharisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
13th century   
13th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Germanic   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
55   
40
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
swe   

ISO 639 3
amh   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

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

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Amharic and Swedish Speaking population

Amharic and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Amharic vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Swedish Language Codes

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

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