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Amharic
Amharic

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Countries

Countries

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

-
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Armenian

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3324
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

77
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3117
9 60
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Scripts

Ethiopic
Arabic, 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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Selam
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

amesege'nallo'
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Dehina newot?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Dehna dur
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

melkam meshe't
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

i'ndemin walu
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

i'ndemin adäru
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

i'bakwon
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

aznallehu
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

tschao
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

afekirishalehu
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

yiqirta
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gondar
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Gondar
Greece

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Gojjami
Griko

Where They Speak

Ethiopia
Italy

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Showa
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Ethiopia
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.0013,000,000.00
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 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.37 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

10.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

አማርኛ
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

amharique
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Amharisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[amarɨɲɲa]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Amharas
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

13th century
1500 BC

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Hellenic

Branch

Ethiopic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Ge'ez
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Amharic
Modern Greek

Language Position

5574
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Amharic
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

am
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

amh
ell

ISO 639 2/B

amh
gre

ISO 639 3

amh
ell

ISO 639 6

amh
ells

Glottocode

amha1245
gree1276

Linguasphere

12-ACB-a
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic

Amharic and Greek Alphabets

Amharic and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Amharic and Greek. In Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Amharic and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Amharic and Greek 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 Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Amharic and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Amharic and Greek Speaking population

Amharic and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Amharic vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Greek Language Codes

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