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Bulgarian and Amharic


Amharic and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Bulgaria   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
  • 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
Macedonian language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
36   
26
31   
21

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Ethiopic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
Selam   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
aznallehu   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
tschao   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
bulgare   
amharique   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Amharas   

History

Origin
9th Century   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Semitic   

Branch
Southern   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Amharic   

Language Position
88   
99+
55   
40

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
amh   

ISO 639 3
bul   
amh   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Bulgarian and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bulgarian are spoken in different Bulgarian Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bulgarian vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo, Panagyurishte. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bulgarian and Amharic Speaking population

Bulgarian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Amharic on Bulgarian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Amharic Language Codes

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

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