Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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.
  
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
ciao
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
buongiorno
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
scusate
  
Bye
tschao
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Not Available
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Italiano
  
French Name
amharique
  
italien
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Italians
  
Origin
13th century
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Italian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Amharic and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Italian language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Italian Difficulty
The Amharic vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.