Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Ethiopia
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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Interesting Facts
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages
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Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
متشکرم
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
شب بخیر
Dehna dur
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
i'ndemin adäru
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Gondar
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Gondar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Showa
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
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Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
persan
amharique
German Name
Persisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Amharas
Origin
1500 BC
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Persian
Amharic
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
fars1254
amha1245
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Persian 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 Persian and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Amharic language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Amharic Difficulty
The Persian vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian 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 Persian and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.