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Yoruba and Amharic


Amharic and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
  • 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
7  
4

How Many Consonants
17  
7
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Selam  

Thank You
e dupe  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
Jowo  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
binu  
aznallehu  

Bye
bye  
tschao  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Ede  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
Yorùbá  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
yoruba  
amharique  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Amharas  

History

Origin
4 BC  
13th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Semitic  

Branch
Kwa  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Amharic  

Language Position
49  
36
55  
40

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
amh  

ISO 639 3
yor  
amh  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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

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Yoruba and Amharic Speaking population

Yoruba and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % 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 Yoruba and Amharic on Yoruba vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Amharic Language Codes

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

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