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Amharic and Hindi


Hindi and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Urdu  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
11  
8

How Many Consonants
31  
21
33  
23

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Devanagari  

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  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
i'bakwon  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
aznallehu  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
tschao  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
240,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

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

Dialect 3
Showa  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
አማርኛ  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
amharique  
hindi  

German Name
Amharisch  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
13th century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
55  
99+
5  
5

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
hin  

ISO 639 3
amh  
hin  

ISO 639 6
amh  
hins  

Glottocode
amha1245  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Amharic and Hindi Speaking population

Amharic and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Amharic vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Hindi Language Codes

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

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