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Amharic and Persian


Persian and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Ethiopia  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
-  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
31  
21
23  
13

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
سلام  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
صبح به خیر  

Please
i'bakwon  
لطفا  

Sorry
aznallehu  
متاسف  

Bye
tschao  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Showa  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
አማርኛ  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
amharique  
persan  

German Name
Amharisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Persian people  

History

Origin
13th century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Persian  

Language Position
55  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
per  

ISO 639 3
amh  
pes  

ISO 639 6
amh  
pers  

Glottocode
amha1245  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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

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Amharic and Persian Speaking population

Amharic and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Amharic vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Persian Language Codes

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

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