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Amharic and Tagalog


Tagalog and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
Philippines   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Filipinos   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Australia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   

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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
31   
21
18   
8

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Baybayin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Kamusta   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
Salamat po   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Kamusta ka na?   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
Magandang gabi   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Magandang gabi po   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Magandang hapon po   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Magandang umaga po   

Please
i'bakwon   
pakiusap   

Sorry
aznallehu   
pinagsisisihan   

Bye
tschao   
Paálam   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Iniibig kita   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Batangas Tagalog   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Batangas, Gabon   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Bisalog   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Philippines   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Filipino   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
73.00 million   
24

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
45.00 million   
13

Native Name
Not Available   
Tagalog   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Filipino, Pilipino   

French Name
amharique   
tagalog   

German Name
Amharisch   
Tagalog   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Tagalog people   

History

Origin
13th century   
1593   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indonesian   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Filipino   

Language Position
55   
40
58   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
t1   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
tgl   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
tgl   

ISO 639 3
amh   
tg1   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
taga1269   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
31-CKA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Amharic and Tagalog Speaking population

Amharic and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Amharic vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Tagalog Language Codes

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

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