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Finnish and Amharic


Amharic and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
13   
3
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Selam   

Thank You
Kiitos   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
haluta   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
aznallehu   

Bye
Heippa   
tschao   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
finnois   
amharique   

German Name
Finnisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Amharas   

History

Origin
1543   
13th century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Semitic   

Branch
Finnic   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Amharic   

Language Position
Not Available   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
amh   

ISO 639 3
fin   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
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, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Finnish and Amharic Speaking population

Finnish and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available 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 Finnish and Amharic on Finnish vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Amharic Language Codes

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

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