Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
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
  
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.