Afrikaans and Amharic
Countries
South Africa
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
South Africa
Ethiopia
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Dankie
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Dehina newot?
Good Night
goeie nag
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Goeienaand
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
goeie more
i'ndemin adäru
Please
asseblief
i'bakwon
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Gondar
Where They Speak
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Gondar
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Gojjami
Where They Speak
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Ethiopia
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Showa
Where They Speak
Namibia
Ethiopia
Native Name
Afrikaans
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
afrikaans
amharique
German Name
Afrikaans
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Amharas
Origin
17th Century
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Semitic
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Amharic
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
amha1245
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional
All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Amharic Speaking population
Afrikaans and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % 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 Afrikaans and Amharic on Afrikaans vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Amharic Language Codes
Afrikaans and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.