Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Ethiopia
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- 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
Romanian
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Amharic-1.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Dehna dur
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
i'ndemin adäru
I Love You
unë e dua ju
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Më falni
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Gondar
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Gondar
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Ethiopia
Where They Speak
Italy
Ethiopia
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Shqip
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
albanais
amharique
German Name
Albanisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Amharas
Origin
1462 AD
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Amharic
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
alba1267
amha1245
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
All Albanian 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 Albanian and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Albanian and Amharic Speaking population
Albanian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % 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 Albanian and Amharic on Albanian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Albanian and Amharic Language Codes
Albanian and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.