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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 14 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Ethiopia
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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33
Rank: 15 (Overall)
32
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
15
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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31
Rank: 21 (Overall)
17
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Ethiopic
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Selam
hallo
3.2 Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Dankie
3.3 How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
Dehna dur
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
goeie more
3.8 Please
i'bakwon
asseblief
3.9 Sorry
aznallehu
jammer
3.10 Bye
tschao
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
afekirishalehu
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
yiqirta
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gondar
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Gondar
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4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Gojjami
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Showa
Baster Afrikaans
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Namibia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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5
Rank: 5 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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18.70 million
Rank: 44 (Overall)
19.00 million
Rank: 43 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.37 %
Rank: 35 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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25.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall)
7.10 million
Rank: 58 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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10.00 million
Rank: 23 (Overall)
10.30 million
Rank: 22 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
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Afrikaans
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
amharique
afrikaans
5.3.5 German Name
Amharisch
Afrikaans
5.4 Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
Amharas
Afrikaners
6 History
6.1 Origin
13th century
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Semitic
Germanic
6.2.2 Branch
Ethiopic
Western
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Ge'ez
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Amharic
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
am
af
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
amh
afr
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
amh
afr
7.3 ISO 639 3
amh
afr
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
7.5 Glottocode
amha1245
afri1274
7.6 Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
52-ACB-ba
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic

Amharic and Afrikaans Alphabets

Amharic and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Amharic and Afrikaans. In Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Amharic and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Amharic and Afrikaans languages. The Amharic phonology consist Amharic vowels and Amharic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Amharic greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Amharic and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Amharic and Afrikaans Speaking population

Amharic and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Afrikaans on Amharic vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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