Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Halo
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
tschao
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
2.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
amharique
  
slovène
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
13th century
  
972-1093
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Slovene
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Amharic and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Slovene language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Slovene Difficulty
The Amharic vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.