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
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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
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
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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
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 6
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Glottocode
arme1241
amha1245
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
12-ACB-a
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional
Armenian 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 Armenian and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Amharic language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Amharic Difficulty
The Armenian vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian 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 Armenian and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.