Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Ethiopia
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Thank you
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
How are you?
Good Night
Dehna dur
Good Night
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Good Morning
I Love You
afekirishalehu
I love you
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Gondar
American English
Where They Speak
Gondar
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Showa
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
English
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
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French Name
amharique
anglais
German Name
Amharisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Amharas
Not Available
Origin
13th century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Not Available
Branch
Ethiopic
Not Available
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Amharic
Standard English
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
amha1245
stan1293
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Amharic and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and English language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs English Difficulty
The Amharic vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.