Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.