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Dutch and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Ethiopia  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
-  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
31  
21
21  
11

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Hallo  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
goedemorgen  

Please
i'bakwon  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
aznallehu  
sorry  

Bye
tschao  
vaarwel  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
590,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
amharique  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Amharisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
13th century  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Germanic  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
55  
99+
48  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
dut  

ISO 639 3
amh  
nld  

ISO 639 6
amh  
nld  

Glottocode
amha1245  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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

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Amharic and Dutch Speaking population

Amharic and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Amharic vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Dutch Language Codes

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

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