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Chinese vs Amharic


Amharic vs 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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Chinese and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Amharic language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chinese and Amharic Language History.

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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.

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