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Amharic and Oriya


Oriya and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
11  
8

How Many Consonants
31  
21
31  
21

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
i'bakwon  
ଦୟାକରି  

Sorry
aznallehu  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
tschao  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
India  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
33,800,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
India  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
33,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Showa  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
India  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
520,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
አማርኛ  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
amharique  
oriya  

German Name
Amharisch  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Odias  

History

Origin
13th century  
3 BC  

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 Odia  

Language Position
55  
99+
32  
30

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
ori  

ISO 639 3
amh  
ori  

ISO 639 6
amh  
ori  

Glottocode
amha1245  
macr1269  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Amharic and Oriya Speaking population

Amharic and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Amharic vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Oriya Language Codes

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

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