Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
- 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
Finnish
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Tere
  
Selam
  
Thank You
aitäh
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Head ööd
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
Palun
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
Vabandust
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Head aega
  
tschao
  
I Love You
ma armastan sind
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Vabandage
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Tartu
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Idamurre
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.95 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
eesti keel
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
estonien
  
amharique
  
German Name
Estnisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Estonians
  
Amharas
  
Origin
13th century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Estonian
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
et
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
est
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
est
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
est
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
esto1258
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Estonian 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 Estonian and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Amharic language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Estonian vs Amharic Difficulty
The Estonian vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian 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 Estonian and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.