Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
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 in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
Swahili 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 Swahili and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Amharic language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Amharic Difficulty
The Swahili vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.