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Urdu vs Amharic


Amharic vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Pakistan   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Africa   

Minority Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
40   
29
31   
21

Scripts
Arabic   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
Selam   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
aznallehu   

Bye
الوداع   
tschao   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
India   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
India   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Showa   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
اُردُو   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
ourdou   
amharique   

German Name
Urdu   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Amharas   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Semitic   

Branch
Indic   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Amharic   

Language Position
20   
18
55   
40

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
amh   

ISO 639 3
urd   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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Urdu and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Amharic language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Amharic Language History.

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

Urdu vs Amharic Difficulty

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

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