Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Macedonia
  
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 in
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Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Macedonia
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.