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French and Amharic


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
1  
14
32  
3

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
-  
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
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

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
22,000,000.00  
27
6,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
African French  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Africa  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
274,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Showa  
Swiss French  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Northeast France, Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
1,800,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
1.12 %  
18

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
87.00 million  
11

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
55  
99+
13  
12

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
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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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.

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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.

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