Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
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Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
104.00 million
  
15
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.
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.