Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
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.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Not Available
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Habari
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
pole
  
Bye
tschao
  
bye
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Zanzibar island
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
amharique
  
swahili
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
13th century
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Swahili language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Swahili Difficulty
The Amharic vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.