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Japanese vs Amharic


Amharic vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Africa  

Minority Language
Palau  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
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Derived From
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
99  
40
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
14  
4
31  
21

Scripts
Kana  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Selam  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
aznallehu  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
tschao  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Ethiopia  

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Showa  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Ethiopia  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
日本語  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
japonais  
amharique  

German Name
Japanisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Amharas  

History

Origin
1185  
13th century  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Amharic  

Language Position
8  
8
55  
40

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
amh  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
amh  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Japanese and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Amharic language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Japanese and Amharic Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Amharic language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Amharic Difficulty

The Japanese vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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