Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
hola
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
triste
  
Bye
tschao
  
adiós
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
Not Available
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
amharique
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Not Available
  
Origin
13th century
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Amharic and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Spanish language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Spanish Difficulty
The Amharic vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.