Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
tschao
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
7.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
amharique
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Not Available
  
Origin
13th century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Bulgarian language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Amharic vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.