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Georgian and Amharic


Amharic and Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Anatolian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
28   
18
31   
21

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script   
Ethiopic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)   
Selam   

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)   
aznallehu   

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)   
tschao   

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Kartlian   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Kartli   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Pshavian   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Pshavi   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
4.30 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
ქართული ენა   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
géorgien   
amharique   

German Name
Georgisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Georgians   
Amharas   

History

Origin
5th Century   
13th century   

Language Family
Kartvelian Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Southern   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian   
Amharic   

Language Position
120   
99+
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ka   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
geo   
amh   

ISO 639 3
kat   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1302   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Georgian and Amharic Speaking population

Georgian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Georgian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Georgian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Georgian 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 Georgian and Amharic on Georgian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Georgian and Amharic Language Codes

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

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