Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Armenian Highland
National Language
Ethiopia
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Armenian National 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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
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Greek
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Selam
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Dehna dur
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
i'bakwon
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
aznallehu
կներեք (knerek’)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Gondar
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Showa
Not Applicable
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Not Applicable
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Not Available
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
amharique
arménien
German Name
Amharisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Armenians
Origin
13th century
late 5th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
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Branch
Ethiopic
Not Available
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Amharic
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
amha1245
arme1241
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
57-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Amharic and Armenian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Amharic and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Armenian language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Armenian Difficulty
The Amharic vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Armenian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Amharic and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.