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Amharic vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
Nigeria  

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  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Yoruba Academy  

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.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
12  
9

How Many Consonants
31  
21
17  
7

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
e kaaro  

Please
i'bakwon  
Jowo  

Sorry
aznallehu  
binu  

Bye
tschao  
bye  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
800,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Showa  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
Not Available  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
amharique  
yoruba  

German Name
Amharisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
13th century  
4 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
55  
40
49  
36

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
yor  

ISO 639 3
amh  
yor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
amha1245  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Amharic and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Yoruba language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC. 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 Yoruba Language History.

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

Amharic vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Amharic vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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