Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
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 in
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.