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Amharic
Amharic

Arabic
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Countries

Countries

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Total No. Of Countries

123
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

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.
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.

Similar To

Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Amharic and Hebrew

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3328
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

78
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3128
9 60
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Scripts

Ethiopic
Arabic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Selam
مرحبا

Thank You

amesege'nallo'
شكرا

How Are You?

Dehina newot?
كيف حالك؟

Good Night

Dehna dur
تصبح على خير

Good Evening

melkam meshe't
مساء الخير

Good Afternoon

i'ndemin walu
مساء الخير

Good Morning

i'ndemin adäru
صباح الخير

Please

i'bakwon
من فضلك

Sorry

aznallehu
آسف

Bye

tschao
وداعا

I Love You

afekirishalehu
أحبك

Excuse Me

yiqirta
اعذرني

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gondar
Maghrebi

Where They Speak

Gondar
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.00310,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Gojjami
Sudanese

Where They Speak

Ethiopia
Sudan

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Showa
Levantine

Where They Speak

Ethiopia
Cyprus, Levant

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.0021,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

526
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

18.70 million452.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.37 %4.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million206.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

10.00 million246.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

አማርኛ
(al arabiya) العربية

Alternative Names

Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

French Name

amharique
arabe

German Name

Amharisch
Arabisch

Pronunciation

[amarɨɲɲa]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/

Ethnicity

Amharas
Arabs

History

Origin

13th century
512 CE

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Semitic

Branch

Ethiopic
North Arabic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Ge'ez
No early forms

Standard Forms

Amharic
Modern Standard Arabic

Language Position

5525
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Amharic
Signed Arabic

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

am
ar

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

amh
ara

ISO 639 2/B

amh
ara

ISO 639 3

amh
ara

ISO 639 6

amh
ara

Glottocode

amha1245
arab1395

Linguasphere

12-ACB-a
12-AAC

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic

Amharic and Arabic Alphabets

Amharic and Arabic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Amharic and Arabic. In Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Amharic and Arabic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Amharic and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Amharic and Arabic are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Amharic and Arabic Speaking population

Amharic and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Amharic vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Arabic Language Codes

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