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Galician vs Amharic


Amharic vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Galicia   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
19   
9
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
Selam   

Thank You
Grazas   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Boas noites   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Bos días   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Por favor   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
aznallehu   

Bye
Adeus   
tschao   

I Love You
Ámote   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Showa   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Galego   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
galicien   
amharique   

German Name
Galicisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Amharas   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Amharic   

Language Position
Not Available   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
amh   

ISO 639 3
glg   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Galician and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Amharic language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 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 Galician and Amharic Language History.

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Galician 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 Galician and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Galician and Amharic language. Galician word for "Hello" is Ola or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Galician Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Galician vs Amharic Difficulty

The Galician vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician 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 Galician and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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