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Amharic and Arabic


Arabic and Amharic


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
1  
14
23  
4

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
-  
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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
31  
21
28  
18

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

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
22,000,000.00  
27
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Showa  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
246.00 million  
2

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
55  
99+
25  
23

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
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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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.

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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.

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