Amharic and Cantonese
Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Ethiopia
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
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Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Ethiopic
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
谢谢
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
你好吗？
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
晚上好
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
下午好
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
早上好
I Love You
afekirishalehu
我爱你
Dialect 1
Gondar
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Gondar
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Showa
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Hong Kong
Native Name
አማርኛ
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
amharique
cantonais
German Name
Amharisch
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Han Chinese
Origin
13th century
17th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
am
No data available
ISO 639 3
amh
No data available
Glottocode
amha1245
cant1236
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Amharic and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Cantonese Speaking population
Amharic and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Amharic vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Cantonese Language Codes
Amharic and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.