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Yoruba vs Amharic


Amharic vs 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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Yoruba and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Amharic language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC 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 Yoruba and Amharic Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Amharic Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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