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Amharic vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Ethiopia   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Middle East   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
31   
21
29   
19

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Silaw   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
Sipas   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Bayanit bash   

Please
i'bakwon   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
aznallehu   
Bibûre   

Bye
tschao   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Showa   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

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

French Name
amharique   
kurde   

German Name
Amharisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Kurds   

History

Origin
13th century   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Kurdish   

Language Position
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
kur   

ISO 639 3
amh   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Amharic and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Kurdish language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE. 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 Kurdish Language History.

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

Amharic vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Amharic vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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