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.
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
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
I love you
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Dialect 1
American English
Gondar
Where They Speak
United States of America
Gondar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Showa
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Origin
5th Century AD
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
Ethiopic
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Standard English
Amharic
Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
amha1245
Linguasphere
52-ABA
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional
English 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 English and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Amharic language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common English Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Amharic Difficulty
The English vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.