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Amharic and Serbian


Serbian and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Ethiopia  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
-  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
31  
21
25  
15

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
i'bakwon  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
tschao  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Showa  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
አማርኛ  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Montenegrin  

French Name
amharique  
serbe  

German Name
Amharisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Serbs  

History

Origin
13th century  
11th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
Ethiopic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
55  
99+
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
srp  

ISO 639 3
amh  
srp  

ISO 639 6
amh  
srp  

Glottocode
amha1245  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Amharic and Serbian Speaking population

Amharic and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. 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 Serbian on Amharic vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Serbian Language Codes

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

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