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Amharic vs Finnish


Finnish vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Ethiopia   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
31   
21
13   
3

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Moi   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
i'bakwon   
haluta   

Sorry
aznallehu   
Anteeksi   

Bye
tschao   
Heippa   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Finland   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Finland, Rauma   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
21   
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
Not Available   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Suomi   

French Name
amharique   
finnois   

German Name
Amharisch   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
13th century   
1543   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
standard Finnish   

Language Position
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
fin   

ISO 639 3
amh   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
finn1318   

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, Synthetic   

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Amharic and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Finnish language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543. 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 Finnish Language History.

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Amharic and Finnish 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 Finnish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Finnish language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Finnish word for "Thank You" is Kiitos. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Finnish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Amharic vs Finnish Difficulty

The Amharic vs Finnish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Finnish 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 Finnish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Finnish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Finnish time required is 44 weeks.

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