Countries
Philippines
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
Palihug
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Babay
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
18.70 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Visayan
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
cebuano
  
amharique
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Amharas
  
Origin
16th century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Amharic
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Amharic language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Amharic Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.