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Gujarati and Amharic


Amharic and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
NA   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
31   
21
31   
21

Scripts
Devanagari   
Ethiopic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)   
Selam   

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   
aznallehu   

Bye
બાય (Bāya)   
tschao   

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.74 %   
24
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
goudjrati   
amharique   

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Gujaratis   
Amharas   

History

Origin
15   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Semitic   

Branch
Indic   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati   
Amharic   

Language Position
23   
19
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gu   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
guj   
amh   

ISO 639 3
guj   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
guja1252   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Gujarati and Amharic Speaking population

Gujarati and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Amharic on Gujarati vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Amharic Language Codes

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

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