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Amharic vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Namibia, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Die Taalkommissie, 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
15  
12

How Many Consonants
31  
21
17  
7

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
hallo  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Dankie  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
goeie more  

Please
i'bakwon  
asseblief  

Sorry
aznallehu  
jammer  

Bye
tschao  
Not Available  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Showa  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Namibia  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
19.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
10.30 million  
22

Native Name
Not Available  
Afrikaans  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Cape Dutch  

French Name
amharique  
afrikaans  

German Name
Amharisch  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
13th century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Germanic  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
55  
40
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
afr  

ISO 639 3
amh  
afr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
afrs  

Glottocode
amha1245  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic  

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Amharic and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Afrikaans language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Amharic and Afrikaans Language History.

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Amharic and Afrikaans Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Amharic and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Afrikaans language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Amharic vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Amharic vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Amharic and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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