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Amharic and French


Countries

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.   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
1   
14

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
Selam   

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   

Sorry
désolé   
aznallehu   

Bye
au revoir   
tschao   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
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
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
10.00 million   
23

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   

History

Origin
9th Century   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Amharic   

Language Position
13   
12
55   
40

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
amh   

ISO 639 3
fra   
amh   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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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

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