Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Selam
  
Thank You
grazie
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
Per Favore
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
scusate
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Gondar
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
18.70 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Italiano
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
italien
  
amharique
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Amharas
  
Origin
960 BC
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Amharic
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Italian and Amharic Speaking population
Italian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Amharic on Italian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Italian and Amharic Language Codes
Italian and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Italian and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.