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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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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