Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
Ethiopia
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Selam
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Bye
tschao
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
-
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Извините (Izvinite)
Where They Speak
Gondar
Abkhazia
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Caucasus
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Turkey
Second Language Speakers
-
Native Name
አማርኛ
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
amharique
abkhaze
German Name
Amharisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Abkhaz people
Origin
13th century
c. 1650
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Northwest Caucasian
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Abkhaz
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
amha1245
abkh1244
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
All Amharic and Abkhaz 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 Amharic and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Abkhaz Speaking population
Amharic and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 %. 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 Amharic and Abkhaz on Amharic vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Abkhaz Language Codes
Amharic and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.