Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
France
Ethiopia
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
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Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Merci
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
Dehna dur
Good Evening
bonsoir
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Bonjour
i'ndemin adäru
Please
S'il vous plaît
i'bakwon
I Love You
Je t'aime
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Gondar
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Gondar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
African French
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Africa
Ethiopia
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Showa
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
français
Not Available
Alternative Names
Français
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
français
amharique
German Name
Französisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Amharas
Origin
9th Century
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Not Available
Ethiopic
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Standard French
Amharic
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
amha1245
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
French and Amharic Speaking population
French and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of French and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Amharic on French vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
French and Amharic Language Codes
French and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.