Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Myanmar
National Language
Ethiopia
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Not Available
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Selam
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
i'bakwon
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
aznallehu
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
tschao
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Gondar
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
amharique
birman
German Name
Amharisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Amharas
Bamar people
Origin
13th century
1113 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Ethiopic
Not Available
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Amharic
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
amha1245
sout3159
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
Amharic and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Burmese language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Burmese Difficulty
The Amharic vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.