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Amharic vs 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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English and Amharic Language History

Comparison of English vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of English and Amharic language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Amharic Language History.

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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.

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