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Amharic and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
7   
4

How Many Consonants
23   
13
31   
21

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Ethiopic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Selam   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
aznallehu   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
tschao   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Showa   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
chinois   
amharique   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Amharas   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
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 Chinese   
Amharic   

Language Position
1   
1
55   
40

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
amh   

ISO 639 3
zho   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional   

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

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Chinese and Amharic Speaking population

Chinese and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Amharic on Chinese vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Amharic Language Codes

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

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