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.
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
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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
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
أحبك
afekirishalehu
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
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
Showa
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
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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]
Origin
512 CE
13th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
North Arabic
Ethiopic
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Amharic
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Signed Amharic
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
arab1395
amha1245
Linguasphere
12-AAC
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
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.