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Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
31   
21

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, 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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Selam   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
aznallehu   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
tschao   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Русский   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
russe   
amharique   

German Name
Russisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Amharas   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Semitic   

Branch
Eastern   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Amharic   

Language Position
7   
7
55   
40

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
amh   

ISO 639 3
rus   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Russian and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Amharic language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Amharic Language History.

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

Russian vs Amharic Difficulty

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

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