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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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