Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
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
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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
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Gondar
Greece
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Italy
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Ukraine
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
Origin
13th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Hellenic
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Amharic
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
amha1245
gree1276
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
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.