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Amharic vs Marathi


Marathi vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Ethiopia  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Israel, Mauritius  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  

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.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Konkani Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
16  
13

How Many Consonants
31  
21
36  
26

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  

Please
i'bakwon  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
aznallehu  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  

Bye
tschao  
बाय (Bāya)  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Maharashtrian Konkani  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Kokan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,400,000.00  
23

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Varhadi  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Vidarbha  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
7,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Showa  
Khandeshi  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Khandesh  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,900,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
1.10 %  
18

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
68.00 million  
16

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
3.00 million  
32

Native Name
Not Available  
मराठी (marāṭhī)  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  

French Name
amharique  
marathe  

German Name
Amharisch  
Marathi  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Marathi people  

History

Origin
13th century  
10th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Maharashtri Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Marathi  

Language Position
55  
40
17  
15

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
mr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
mar  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
mar  

ISO 639 3
amh  
mar  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
amha1245  
mara1378  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
omr  

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 Marathi Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Marathi language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century. 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 Marathi Language History.

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

Amharic vs Marathi Difficulty

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

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