Countries
Israel
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Israel
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
- 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
Selam
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
tschao
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
hébreu
  
amharique
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Amharas
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Amharic
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hebrew and Amharic language. Hebrew word for "Hello" is שלום (Shalom) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Hebrew Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hebrew vs Amharic Difficulty
The Hebrew vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hebrew and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hebrew is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.