Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Halo
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
tschao
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Not present
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Not present
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
Not Available
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
amharique
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Not Available
  
Origin
13th century
  
1887
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Esperanto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
amha1245
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative
  
Amharic and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Esperanto language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Amharic vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.