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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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