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Amharic and Sanskrit


Sanskrit 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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Old German Language  

Derived From
-  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
16  
13

How Many Consonants
31  
21
36  
26

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Devanagari  

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
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
i'bakwon  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
aznallehu  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
tschao  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
-  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
-  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
-  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
14.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
-  

Native Name
አማርኛ  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
amharique  
sanskrit  

German Name
Amharisch  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
13th century  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
55  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
san  

ISO 639 3
amh  
san  

ISO 639 6
amh  
san  

Glottocode
amha1245  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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

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Amharic and Sanskrit Speaking population

Amharic and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 %. 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 Sanskrit on Amharic vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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