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Amharic
Amharic

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Countries

Countries

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

132
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

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Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Italian Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3120
9 60
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Scripts

Ethiopic
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Selam
bonjour

Thank You

amesege'nallo'
Merci

How Are You?

Dehina newot?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Dehna dur
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

melkam meshe't
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

i'ndemin walu
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

i'ndemin adäru
Bonjour

Please

i'bakwon
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

aznallehu
désolé

Bye

tschao
au revoir

I Love You

afekirishalehu
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

yiqirta
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gondar
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Gondar
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Gojjami
African French

Where They Speak

Ethiopia
Africa

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Showa
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Ethiopia
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

525
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

18.70 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.37 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

10.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

አማርኛ
français

Alternative Names

Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Français

French Name

amharique
français

German Name

Amharisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[amarɨɲɲa]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Amharas
French people

History

Origin

13th century
9th Century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Romance

Branch

Ethiopic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Ge'ez
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Amharic
Standard French

Language Position

5513
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Amharic
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

am
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

amh
fra

ISO 639 2/B

amh
fre

ISO 639 3

amh
fra

ISO 639 6

amh
fras

Glottocode

amha1245
stan1290

Linguasphere

12-ACB-a
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic

Amharic and French Alphabets

Amharic and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Amharic and French. In Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Amharic and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Amharic and French languages. The Amharic phonology consist Amharic vowels and Amharic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Amharic greetings vs French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Amharic and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Amharic and French Speaking population

Amharic and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and French languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Amharic vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and French Language Codes

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