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Amharic vs Nepali


Nepali vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Ethiopia   
Nepal   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Hindi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
12   
9

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
i'bakwon   
कृपया   

Sorry
aznallehu   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
tschao   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Not Available   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
amharique   
népalais   

German Name
Amharisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
13th century   
19 BC   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Nepali   

Language Position
55   
40
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
nep   

ISO 639 3
amh   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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Amharic and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Nepali language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Amharic vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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