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
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ti amo
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Scusami
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Gondar
Where They Speak
Lazio
Gondar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Ethiopia
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
Branch
Not Available
Ethiopic
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 6
itas
Not Available
Glottocode
ital1282
amha1245
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Italian 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 Italian and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Amharic language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Amharic Difficulty
The Italian vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.