Home

Most Difficult Languages + -

Easiest Languages to Learn + -

Most Spoken Languages + -

Best Languages to Learn + -

Indian Languages + -

Languagevs


Amharic and Armenian


Armenian and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Armenian Highland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Greek   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
38   
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
31   
21
32   
22

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Armenian manuscript   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
12   
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Բարեւ (Barev)   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Բարի օր (Bari or)   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   

Please
i'bakwon   
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   

Sorry
aznallehu   
կներեք (knerek’)   

Bye
tschao   
Ց'տեսություն   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Eastern Armenian   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Western Armenian   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Not Applicable   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Not Applicable   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
6.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   

French Name
amharique   
arménien   

German Name
Amharisch   
Armenisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Armenians   

History

Origin
13th century   
late 5th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   

Language Position
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
hy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
hye   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
arm   

ISO 639 3
amh   
hye   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
arme1241   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
57-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

Summary >>
<< Code

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

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Amharic and Armenian Speaking population

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

Amharic and Armenian Language Codes

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages