Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
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.
  
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
tschao
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
215.00 million
  
9
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
Not Available
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
amharique
  
bengali
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
13th century
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Bengali
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic and Bengali 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 Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Bengali language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Bengali Difficulty
The Amharic vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Bengali 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 Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.