Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Turkey, Uzbekistan
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
Similar To
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Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Salom
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Rakhmat
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Qalay siz?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Hayirli tun
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Hayirli kech
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Hayirli kun
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Hayirli tong
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Iltimos
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Kechiring!
  
Bye
tschao
  
Xayr
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Sizni sevaman
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Iltimos! Menga qarang
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Tashkent
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Afghan
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Ferghana
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
26.00 million
  
31
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
amharique
  
ouszbek
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Usbekisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Uzbek
  
Origin
13th century
  
9th–12th centuries AD
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Southestern(Chagatai)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Chagatay
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Uzbek
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
uz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
amha1245
  
uzbe1247
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic and Uzbek 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 Uzbek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Uzbek language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Uzbek word for "Thank You" is Rakhmat. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Uzbek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Uzbek Difficulty
The Amharic vs Uzbek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Uzbek 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 Uzbek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Uzbek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Uzbek time required is 44 weeks.