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Armenian and Amharic


Amharic and Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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
Greek   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
38   
20
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
32   
22
31   
21

Scripts
Armenian manuscript   
Ethiopic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12   
9
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)   
Selam   

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)   
aznallehu   

Bye
Ց'տեսություն   
tschao   

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Western Armenian   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Not Applicable   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Not Applicable   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.00 million   
99+
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
6.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
arménien   
amharique   

German Name
Armenisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Armenians   
Amharas   

History

Origin
late 5th century   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   
Amharic   

Language Position
Not Available   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hy   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
arm   
amh   

ISO 639 3
hye   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arme1241   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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All Armenian and Amharic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Armenian and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Armenian and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Armenian are spoken in different Armenian Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Armenian vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Armenian and Amharic Speaking population

Armenian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Armenian and Amharic on Armenian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Armenian and Amharic Language Codes

Armenian and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Armenian and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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