Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Regulated By
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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.
  
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
sannu
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
tschao
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Ghana
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Niger
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
28
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Not Available
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
amharique
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
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Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
13th century
  
14
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Hausa
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
amha1245
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Amharic and Hausa 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 Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Hausa language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Hausa Difficulty
The Amharic vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Hausa 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 Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.