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Amharic vs Japanese


Japanese vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
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Korean Language  

Derived From
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
31  
21
14  
4

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
i'bakwon  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
aznallehu  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
tschao  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Showa  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
Not Available  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Not Available  

French Name
amharique  
japonais  

German Name
Amharisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
13th century  
1185  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Japanese  

Language Position
55  
40
8  
8

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
amh  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
amha1245  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Amharic and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Japanese language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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Amharic and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Japanese language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Amharic vs Japanese Difficulty

The Amharic vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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