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Amharic vs Polish


Polish vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
Poland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

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.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
31  
21
23  
13

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
cześć  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Dzień dobry  

Please
i'bakwon  
proszę  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Przepraszam  

Bye
tschao  
do widzenia  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Poland  

Dialect 3
Showa  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
510,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
0.61 %  
25

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
Not Available  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
amharique  
polonais  

German Name
Amharisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Poles  

History

Origin
13th century  
1270  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Slavic  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Polish  

Language Position
55  
40
24  
20

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
pol  

ISO 639 3
amh  
pol  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
pols  

Glottocode
amha1245  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Amharic and Polish Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Polish language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Polish Language History.

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

Amharic vs Polish Difficulty

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

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