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Amharic vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
0  
15

National Language
Ethiopia  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
11  
8

How Many Consonants
31  
21
34  
24

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
i'bakwon  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
aznallehu  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
tschao  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Showa  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
Not Available  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
amharique  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Amharisch  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Not Available  

History

Origin
13th century  
19th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
55  
40
37  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
bho  

ISO 639 3
amh  
bho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
amha1245  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
59-AAF-sa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Amharic and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Bhojpuri language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Bhojpuri Language History.

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

Amharic vs Bhojpuri Difficulty

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

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