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Turkish and Amharic


Amharic and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
1   
14

National Language
Turkey   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
Selam   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
günaydın   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
lütfen   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
aznallehu   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
tschao   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Ethiopia   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Türkçe   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
turc   
amharique   

German Name
Türkisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Amharas   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
13th century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Semitic   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Amharic   

Language Position
19   
17
55   
40

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
amh   

ISO 639 3
tur   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Turkish and Amharic Speaking population

Turkish and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % 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 Turkish and Amharic on Turkish vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Amharic Language Codes

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

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