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Amharic and Basque


Basque and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
France, Spain  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

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 Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Spanish  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
31  
21
21  
11

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Kaixo  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Gabon  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Egun on  

Please
i'bakwon  
Mesedez  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Barkatu  

Bye
tschao  
Agur  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
France  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
amharique  
basque  

German Name
Amharisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Basque people  

History

Origin
13th century  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
Ethiopic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Basque  

Language Position
55  
99+
30  
28

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
baq  

ISO 639 3
amh  
eus  

ISO 639 6
amh  
eus  

Glottocode
amha1245  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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

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Amharic and Basque Speaking population

Amharic and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 %. 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 Basque on Amharic vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Basque Language Codes

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

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