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Amharic and Danish


Danish and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Ethiopia  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
20  
17

How Many Consonants
31  
21
20  
10

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Hallo  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
God nat  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
God morgen  

Please
i'bakwon  
Please  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Undskyld!  

Bye
tschao  
Farvel  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
amharique  
danois  

German Name
Amharisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
13th century  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
Ethiopic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
55  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
dan  

ISO 639 3
amh  
dan  

ISO 639 6
amh  
dan  

Glottocode
amha1245  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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

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Amharic and Danish Speaking population

Amharic and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Amharic vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Danish Language Codes

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

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