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Macedonian vs Amharic


Amharic vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
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Derived From
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
31  
13
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
26  
16
31  
21

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Selam  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
aznallehu  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
tschao  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Debar  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Ethiopia  

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Ethiopia  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
macédonien  
amharique  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Amharas  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Semitic  

Branch
Southern  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Amharic  

Language Position
Not Available  
55  
40

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
amh  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
amh  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mace1250  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Fusional  

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Macedonian and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Amharic language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC 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 Macedonian and Amharic Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Amharic Difficulty

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

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