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Amharic vs Armenian


Armenian vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Greek  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
31  
21
32  
22

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Armenian manuscript  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
i'bakwon  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
aznallehu  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
tschao  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

Dialect 3
Showa  
Not Applicable  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Not Applicable  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
Not Available  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
amharique  
arménien  

German Name
Amharisch  
Armenisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Armenians  

History

Origin
13th century  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
55  
40
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
arm  

ISO 639 3
amh  
hye  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
amha1245  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Amharic and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Armenian language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th 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 Armenian Language History.

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Amharic and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Armenian language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Amharic vs Armenian Difficulty

The Amharic vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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