Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Not Available
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Me fal
  
Bye
tschao
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Not Available
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
amharique
  
albanais
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Albanians
  
Origin
13th century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Amharic and Albanian 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 Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Albanian language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Albanian Difficulty
The Amharic vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Albanian 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 Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.