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Amharic and Turkish


Turkish and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
11   
5

National Language
Ethiopia   
Turkey   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
31   
21
21   
11

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Merhaba   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
günaydın   

Please
i'bakwon   
lütfen   

Sorry
aznallehu   
üzgünüm   

Bye
tschao   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Showa   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Not Available   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
amharique   
turc   

German Name
Amharisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Turkish   

History

Origin
13th century   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Turkic   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
55   
40
19   
17

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
tur   

ISO 639 3
amh   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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

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Amharic and Turkish Speaking population

Amharic and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Amharic vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Turkish Language Codes

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

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