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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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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