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Basque vs Amharic


Amharic vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
France, Spain   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • 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
Spanish   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo   
Selam   

Thank You
Eskerrik asko   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Zer moduz?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Gabon   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Arratsalde on   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Egun on   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Mesedez   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Barkatu   
aznallehu   

Bye
Agur   
tschao   

I Love You
Maite zaitut   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Barkatu   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
France   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
7.20 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Not available   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
basque   
amharique   

German Name
Baskisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Basque people   
Amharas   

History

Origin
c. 1000   
13th century   

Language Family
Vasconic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Basque   
Amharic   

Language Position
Not Available   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eu   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
baq   
amh   

ISO 639 3
eus   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
basq1248   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
40-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   
Fusional   

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Basque and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Amharic language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 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 Basque and Amharic Language History.

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

Basque vs Amharic Difficulty

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

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