Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Philippines
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
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.
  
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Selam
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Not available
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
tschao
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
9.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
amharique
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
13th century
  
18th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Ilocano language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Amharic vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.