Amharic vs Igbo
Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
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
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Biko
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Ndo
  
Bye
tschao
  
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I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Nigeria
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Ibo
  
French Name
amharique
  
igbo
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
13th century
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Standard Igbo
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
amha1245
  
nucl1417
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative
  
Amharic and Igbo Language History
Comparison of Amharic vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Igbo language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC. 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 Igbo Language History.
Amharic and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Igbo language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Igbo Difficulty
The Amharic vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.