Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
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Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
tschao
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
amharique
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
13th century
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Amharic and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Slovak language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Slovak Difficulty
The Amharic vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.