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Arabic vs Amharic


Amharic vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
28  
18
31  
21

Scripts
Arabic  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Selam  

Thank You
شكرا  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
من فضلك  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
آسف  
aznallehu  

Bye
وداعا  
tschao  

I Love You
أحبك  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Gondar  

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
arabe  
amharique  

German Name
Arabisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Amharas  

History

Origin
512 CE  
13th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Semitic  

Branch
North Arabic  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Amharic  

Language Position
25  
21
55  
40

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
amh  

ISO 639 3
ara  
amh  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Arabic and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Amharic language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Amharic 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 Arabic and Amharic Language History.

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

Arabic vs Amharic Difficulty

The Arabic vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Amharic 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 Arabic and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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