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Amharic vs Swedish


Swedish vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Ethiopia   
Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
31   
21
18   
8

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
hej   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
hur mår du   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
godnatt   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
god morgon   

Please
i'bakwon   
vänligen   

Sorry
aznallehu   
ledsen   

Bye
tschao   
hej då   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Showa   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
France   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Not Available   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
amharique   
suédois   

German Name
Amharisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
13th century   
13th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Germanic   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
55   
40
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
swe   

ISO 639 3
amh   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Amharic and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Swedish language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Amharic and Swedish Language History.

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Amharic and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Swedish language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Amharic vs Swedish Difficulty

The Amharic vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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