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Amharic and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Selam   

Thank You
Thank you   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Good Night   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Please   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Sorry   
aznallehu   

Bye
Bye   
tschao   

I Love You
I love you   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Showa   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
English   
Not Available   

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

French Name
anglais   
amharique   

German Name
Englisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Amharas   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Amharic   

Language Position
3   
3
55   
40

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
amh   

ISO 639 3
eng   
amh   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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English and Amharic Speaking population

English and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of English and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Amharic on English vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Amharic Language Codes

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

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