Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
India, Nepal
National Language
Ethiopia
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
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Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Hindi
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Selam
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Good afternoon
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
aznallehu
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
tschao
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Where They Speak
Gondar
Nepal
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Showa
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Nepal
Native Name
አማርኛ
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
amharique
népalais
German Name
Amharisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
13th century
19 BC
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Amharic
Nepali
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
amha1245
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
All Amharic and Nepali 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 Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Nepali Speaking population
Amharic and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Amharic vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Nepali Language Codes
Amharic and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.