Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Ethiopia
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Not Available
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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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 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Sorry
aznallehu
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Gondar
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
Ethiopia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
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Native Name
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中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
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French Name
amharique
chinois
German Name
Amharisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
Not Available
Origin
13th century
1250 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Semitic
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Branch
Ethiopic
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Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
amha1245
sini1245
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
All Amharic and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Chinese Speaking population
Amharic and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Amharic vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Chinese Language Codes
Amharic and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.