Countries
India
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
18.70 million
  
99+
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Amharic language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs Amharic Difficulty
The Gujarati vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.