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Swedish and Amharic


Amharic and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Sweden   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Finland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
18   
8
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
hej   
Selam   

Thank You
tacka dig   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
godnatt   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
god kväll   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
god morgon   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
vänligen   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
ledsen   
aznallehu   

Bye
hej då   
tschao   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Showa   

Where They Speak
France   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Svenska   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
suédois   
amharique   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Amharas   

History

Origin
13th Century   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Semitic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Amharic   

Language Position
89   
99+
55   
40

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
amh   

ISO 639 3
swe   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
amha1245   

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

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Swedish and Amharic Speaking population

Swedish and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Amharic on Swedish vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Amharic Language Codes

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

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