Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
- 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
Chinese Language
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好
  
Selam
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
晚安
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
请
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
再见
  
tschao
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
18.70 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
Not Available
  
amharique
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Amharas
  
Origin
17th century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
cant1236
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
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Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
  
Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Amharic language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Amharic Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.