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Amharic vs Quechua


Quechua vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Ethiopia  
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
South America  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  

Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Quechua-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  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Rimaykullayki  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Solpayki  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Allillanchu  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Allin tuta  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Wuynas nuchis  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Wuynas tardis  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Wuynus diyas  

Please
i'bakwon  
Not Available  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Pampachaykuway  

Bye
tschao  
bye  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Kuyayki  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Pampachaway  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Ancash  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
920,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Huánuco  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
190,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Showa  
Yaru  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
150,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
8.90 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
Not Available  
Qhichwa  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
North La Paz Quechua  

French Name
amharique  
quechua  

German Name
Amharisch  
Quechua-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Quechua  

History

Origin
13th century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Quechumaran Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Andean Equatorial  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Quechua  

Language Position
55  
40
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
qu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
que  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
que  

ISO 639 3
amh  
que  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
amha1245  
quec1387  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Amharic and Quechua Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Quechua language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Quechua language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Quechua Language History.

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

Amharic vs Quechua Difficulty

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

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