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Amharic vs Irish


Irish vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
European Union, Ireland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Ethiopia   
Ireland   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Ireland   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Foras na Gaeilge   

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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  

Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
18   
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
31   
21
13   
3

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Dia dhuit   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
Go raibh maith agat   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Conas atá tú ?   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
Oíche mhaith   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Tráthnóna maith duit   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Tráthnóna maith duit   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Dia dhuit ar maidin   

Please
i'bakwon   
le do thoil   

Sorry
aznallehu   
Tá brón orm   

Bye
tschao   
Slán   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Is breá liom thú   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Gabh mo leithscéal   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Connacht Irish   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Connacht   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Munster Irish   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Munster   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Ulster Irish   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Ulster   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
1.79 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
0.14 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
1.65 million   
35

Native Name
Not Available   
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   

French Name
amharique   
irlandais moyen   

German Name
Amharisch   
Mittelirisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Irish people   

History

Origin
13th century   
c. 750   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Celtic   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Goidelic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   

Language Position
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Irish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
ga   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
gle   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
gle   

ISO 639 3
amh   
gle   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
iris1253   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
50-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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Amharic and Irish Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Irish language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750. 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 Irish Language History.

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

Amharic vs Irish Difficulty

The Amharic vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.

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