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Romanian vs Amharic


Amharic vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Selam   

Thank You
multumesc   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Vă Rog   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
scuze   
aznallehu   

Bye
La revedere   
tschao   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Română   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
amharique   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Amharas   

History

Origin
1521   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Amharic   

Language Position
36   
28
55   
40

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
amh   

ISO 639 3
ron   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Romanian and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Amharic language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Amharic Language History.

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

Romanian vs Amharic Difficulty

The Romanian vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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