Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
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 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 (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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
18.70 million
  
99+
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
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
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Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
Amharic
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Chinese 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 Chinese and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Amharic language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Amharic Difficulty
The Chinese vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.