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Amharic vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
31   
21
26   
16

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
i'bakwon   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
aznallehu   
жал (žal)   

Bye
tschao   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
amharique   
macédonien   

German Name
Amharisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
13th century   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Slavic   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Macedonian   

Language Position
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
mac   

ISO 639 3
amh   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic   

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Amharic and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Macedonian language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC. 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 Macedonian Language History.

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

Amharic vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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