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Amharic vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
1   
14

National Language
Spain   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
22   
12
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
hola   
Selam   

Thank You
Gracias   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Por Favor   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
triste   
aznallehu   

Bye
adiós   
tschao   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Español   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
amharique   

German Name
Spanisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Amharas   

History

Origin
210 BC   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Amharic   

Language Position
2   
2
55   
40

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
amh   

ISO 639 3
spa   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Spanish and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Amharic language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish and Amharic Language History.

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

Spanish vs Amharic Difficulty

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

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