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Amharic vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
NA   

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
31   
21
31   
21

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
i'bakwon   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
aznallehu   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
tschao   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
50.00 million   
22

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
amharique   
goudjrati   

German Name
Amharisch   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
13th century   
15   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
55   
40
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
guj   

ISO 639 3
amh   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Amharic and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Gujarati language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Gujarati Language History.

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

Amharic vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Amharic vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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