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Amharic and Urdu


Urdu and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Ethiopia   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
31   
21
40   
29

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
i'bakwon   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
aznallehu   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
tschao   
الوداع   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
India   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
South Asia   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
Not Available   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Bihari   

French Name
amharique   
ourdou   

German Name
Amharisch   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Not Available   

History

Origin
13th century   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
55   
40
20   
18

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
urd   

ISO 639 3
amh   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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

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Amharic and Urdu Speaking population

Amharic and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Amharic vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Urdu Language Codes

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

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