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Amharic and Finnish


Finnish and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
31  
21
13  
3

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Moi  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
i'bakwon  
haluta  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Anteeksi  

Bye
tschao  
Heippa  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Finland  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Finland, Rauma  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
60,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
21  
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
0.01 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
suomi / suomen kieli  

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

French Name
amharique  
finnois  

German Name
Amharisch  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
13th century  
1543  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
55  
99+
22  
20

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
fin  

ISO 639 3
amh  
fin  

ISO 639 6
amh  
fin  

Glottocode
amha1245  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Amharic and Finnish Speaking population

Amharic and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 %. 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 Finnish on Amharic vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Finnish Language Codes

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

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