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Spanish and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
46  
1

National Language
Ethiopia  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
-  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
French Language  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
31  
21
22  
12

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
hola  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Buenos Días  

Please
i'bakwon  
Por Favor  

Sorry
aznallehu  
triste  

Bye
tschao  
adiós  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
105,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
11,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 3
Showa  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
3,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
አማርኛ  
Español  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
amharique  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Amharisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Spanish people  

History

Origin
13th century  
210 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Romance  

Branch
Ethiopic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
55  
99+
2  
2

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
spa  

ISO 639 3
amh  
spa  

ISO 639 6
amh  
spa  

Glottocode
amha1245  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Amharic and Spanish Speaking population

Amharic and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Amharic vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Spanish Language Codes

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

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