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Persian vs Amharic


Amharic vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
23   
13
31   
21

Scripts
Arabic   
Ethiopic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
Selam   

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   

Please
لطفا   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
متاسف   
aznallehu   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
tschao   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
فارسی   
Not Available   

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   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Semitic   

Branch
Iranian   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Amharic   

Language Position
23   
19
55   
40

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
amh   

ISO 639 3
pes   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Persian and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Amharic language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Persian and Amharic Language History.

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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.

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