Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
18.70 million
  
99+
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.