Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute of the Estonian 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.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Tere
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Palun
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
tschao
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
0.95 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
amharique
  
estonien
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Estonians
  
Origin
13th century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Estonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
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ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative
  
Amharic and Estonian 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 Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Estonian language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Estonian Difficulty
The Amharic vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.