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Amharic vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
Ukraine   

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   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
31   
21
22   
12

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
i'bakwon   
будь ласк   

Sorry
aznallehu   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
tschao   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
39.00 million   
25

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Not Available   

French Name
amharique   
ukrainien   

German Name
Amharisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
13th century   
1561   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Slavic   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
55   
40
26   
22

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
amh   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Amharic and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Ukrainian language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Amharic vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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