Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
India
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
tschao
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
14.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
amharique
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Not Available
  
Origin
13th century
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Amharic and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Sanskrit language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Amharic vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.