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Amharic
Amharic

Kannada
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Countries

Countries

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
India, Karnataka, India

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Ethiopia
Karnataka, India

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana

Regulated By

-
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka

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.
  • Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
  • Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.

Similar To

Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Telugu

Derived From

-
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3349
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

714
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3135
9 60
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Scripts

Ethiopic
Kannada Script

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Selam
ಹಲೋ (Halō)

Thank You

amesege'nallo'
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)

How Are You?

Dehina newot?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)

Good Night

Dehna dur
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)

Good Evening

melkam meshe't
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)

Good Afternoon

i'ndemin walu
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)

Good Morning

i'ndemin adäru
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)

Please

i'bakwon
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)

Sorry

aznallehu
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)

Bye

tschao
ಬೈ (Bai)

I Love You

afekirishalehu
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)

Excuse Me

yiqirta
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gondar
Badaga

Where They Speak

Gondar
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Gojjami
Urali

Where They Speak

Ethiopia
kerala

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.006,440.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Showa
Kurumba

Where They Speak

Ethiopia
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

22,000,000.00220,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

520
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

18.70 million49.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.37 %0.58 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million38.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

10.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

አማርኛ
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)

Alternative Names

Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi

French Name

amharique
kannada

German Name

Amharisch
Kannada

Pronunciation

[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]

Ethnicity

Amharas
Kannadiga

History

Origin

13th century
c. 450

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

Semitic
-

Branch

Ethiopic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Ge'ez
Old Kannada, Kannada

Standard Forms

Amharic
Modern Kannada

Language Position

5531
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Amharic
Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

am
kn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

amh
kan

ISO 639 2/B

amh
kan

ISO 639 3

amh
kan

ISO 639 6

amh
kan

Glottocode

amha1245
nucl1305

Linguasphere

12-ACB-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
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Amharic and Kannada Alphabets

Amharic and Kannada Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Amharic and Kannada. In Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters. To learn Amharic and Kannada languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Amharic and Kannada 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 Kannada greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Amharic and Kannada are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Amharic and Kannada Speaking population

Amharic and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 %. 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 Kannada on Amharic vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Kannada Language Codes

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