Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  
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
  
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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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Ancash
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Peru
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Huánuco
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Peru
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Yaru
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Peru
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
8.90 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
8.90 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
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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]
  
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Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Quechua
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
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Glottocode
amha1245
  
quec1387
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
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.