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Swahili and Amharic


Amharic and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   
  • 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari   
Selam   

Thank You
Asante   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Habari gani?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Usiku mwema   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
tafadhali   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
pole   
aznallehu   

Bye
bye   
tschao   

I Love You
nakupenda   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Samahani   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million   
13
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
swahili   
amharique   

German Name
Swahili   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Amharas   

History

Origin
6th century   
13th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Semitic   

Branch
Bantu   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Amharic   

Language Position
Not Available   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sw   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
swa   
amh   

ISO 639 3
swa   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swah1254   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Swahili 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 Swahili and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swahili and Amharic Speaking population

Swahili and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili and Amharic on Swahili vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Amharic Language Codes

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

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