Amharic and Norwegian
Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Norway
National Language
Ethiopia
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nynorsk
Regulated By
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Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Swedish and Danish Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
takk
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Dehna dur
god natt
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
god kveld
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
god morgen
Please
i'bakwon
Vær så snill
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
yiqirta
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Gondar
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Gondar
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Sogn
Dialect 3
Showa
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Hallingdal, Valdres
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Norsk
French Name
amharique
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Amharisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Amharas
Norwegians
Origin
13th century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Germanic
Branch
Ethiopic
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Amharic
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
amha1245
norw1258
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
All Amharic and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Norwegian Speaking population
Amharic and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Amharic vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Norwegian Language Codes
Amharic and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.