Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
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.
  
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
tschao
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Kartli
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
4.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
amharique
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Georgians
  
Origin
13th century
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Southern
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Modern Georgian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Amharic and Georgian 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 Georgian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Georgian language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Georgian word for "Thank You" is გმადლობთ (gmadlobt). Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Georgian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Georgian Difficulty
The Amharic vs Georgian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Georgian 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 Georgian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Georgian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Georgian time required is 44 weeks.