Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Molo
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Molo
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
tschao
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Not Available
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
amharique
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
13th century
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
isiXhosa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
All Amharic and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Xhosa Speaking population
Amharic and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Amharic vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Xhosa Language Codes
Amharic and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.