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Amharic and Swedish


Swedish and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Ethiopia  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
31  
21
18  
8

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  
hej  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
godnatt  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
god morgon  

Please
i'bakwon  
vänligen  

Sorry
aznallehu  
ledsen  

Bye
tschao  
hej då  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Showa  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
France  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
15.00 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+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
amharique  
suédois  

German Name
Amharisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
13th century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Germanic  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
55  
99+
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
swe  

ISO 639 3
amh  
swe  

ISO 639 6
amh  
swe  

Glottocode
amha1245  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Amharic and Swedish Speaking population

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

Amharic and Swedish Language Codes

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

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