Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Bonjour
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
désolé
  
Bye
tschao
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Africa
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
Not Available
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Français
  
French Name
amharique
  
français
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Not Available
  
Origin
13th century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Amharic and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and French language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs French Difficulty
The Amharic vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.