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Amharic vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Bulgarian 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.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
31  
21
36  
26

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Cyrillic  

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
i'bakwon  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
tschao  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Showa  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
български (bãlgarski)  

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

French Name
amharique  
bulgare  

German Name
Amharisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
13th century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Slavic  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
55  
99+
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
bul  

ISO 639 3
amh  
bul  

ISO 639 6
amh  
buls  

Glottocode
amha1245  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Amharic and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Bulgarian language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Amharic and Bulgarian Language History.

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Amharic and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Bulgarian language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Amharic vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The Amharic vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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