Countries
India
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
India
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
- 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
Old German Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Selam
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
tschao
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ethiopia
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
sanskrit
  
amharique
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Amharas
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Amharic language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Amharic Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.