Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Ethiopia
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
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Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
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Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Selam
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
i'bakwon
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
aznallehu
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
tschao
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Gondar
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Olonets
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Olonets
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Novgorod
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Russki
French Name
amharique
russe
German Name
Amharisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Russians
Origin
13th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Amharic
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
amha1245
russ1263
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
All Amharic and Russian 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 Russian dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Russian Speaking population
Amharic and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Amharic vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Russian Language Codes
Amharic and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.