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Amharic and Albanian


Albanian and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  

Regulated By
-  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  

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.
  
  • 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.
    •   

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Romanian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
31  
21
29  
19

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
mirëmengjes  

Please
i'bakwon  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Me fal  

Bye
tschao  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Gheg Albanian  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
3,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Tosk Albanian  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
1,800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
7.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
3.60 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Shqip  

French Name
amharique  
albanais  

German Name
Amharisch  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Albanians  

History

Origin
13th century  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
Ethiopic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Standard Albanian  

Language Position
55  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
alb  

ISO 639 3
amh  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
amh  
sqi  

Glottocode
amha1245  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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

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Amharic and Albanian Speaking population

Amharic and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 %. 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 Albanian on Amharic vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Albanian Language Codes

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

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