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Amharic vs Basque


Basque vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Ethiopia   
France, Spain   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Spanish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
31   
21
21   
11

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Kaixo   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
Gabon   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Egun on   

Please
i'bakwon   
Mesedez   

Sorry
aznallehu   
Barkatu   

Bye
tschao   
Agur   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Showa   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Spain   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
7.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
amharique   
basque   

German Name
Amharisch   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Basque people   

History

Origin
13th century   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Basque   

Language Position
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
baq   

ISO 639 3
amh   
eus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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Amharic and Basque Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Basque language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. 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 Basque Language History.

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

Amharic vs Basque Difficulty

The Amharic vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Basque 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 Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.

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