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Amharic vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
31   
21
27   
17

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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
5   
5
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
2.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
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   

History

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
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Signuno   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
espe1235   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
51-AAB-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Constructed   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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Amharic and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Esperanto language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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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.

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