Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Galicia
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Galicia
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
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.
  
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Portuguese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Selam
  
Ola
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Grazas
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Que tal estás?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Boas noites
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Bos días
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Por favor
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Síntoo!
  
Bye
tschao
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Ámote
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Perdoe!
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Eastern Galician
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
East Galicia
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Central Galician
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Central Galicia
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Western Galician
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
West Galicia
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
2.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
2.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
Galego
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Galego, Gallego
  
French Name
amharique
  
galicien
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Galicisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Not Available
  
Origin
13th century
  
c. 1175
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Galician
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
gl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
glg
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
glg
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
glg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
gali1258
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
51-AAA-ab
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic and Galician 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 Galician greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Galician language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Galician word for "Thank You" is Grazas. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Galician Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Galician Difficulty
The Amharic vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Galician 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 Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Galician time required is Not Available.