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Amharic and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
31  
21
36  
26

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
i'bakwon  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
tschao  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Showa  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
български (bãlgarski)  

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

French Name
amharique  
bulgare  

German Name
Amharisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
13th century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Slavic  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
55  
99+
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
bul  

ISO 639 3
amh  
bul  

ISO 639 6
amh  
buls  

Glottocode
amha1245  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Amharic and Bulgarian Speaking population

Amharic and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 %. 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 Bulgarian on Amharic vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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