Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
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.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Hello
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
sorry
  
Bye
tschao
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
8.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
amharique
  
somali
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Somalis
  
Origin
13th century
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic and Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Somali language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Somali Difficulty
The Amharic vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.