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Serbian and Amharic


Amharic and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
25   
15
31   
21

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Ethiopic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Selam   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
aznallehu   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
tschao   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
Not Available   

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

French Name
serbe   
amharique   

German Name
Serbisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Amharas   

History

Origin
11th Century   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Amharic   

Language Position
44   
33
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
amh   

ISO 639 3
srp   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Serbian and Amharic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Serbian and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Amharic Speaking population

Serbian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Serbian and Amharic on Serbian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Amharic Language Codes

Serbian and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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