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Amharic vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Ethiopia  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe, South America  

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

Regulated By
-  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Latin and Italian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
31  
21
27  
17

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Halo  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Dankon  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Bonan matenon  

Please
i'bakwon  
Mi petas  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
tschao  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
2,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
amharique  
espéranto  

German Name
Amharisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Esperanto speakers  

History

Origin
13th century  
1887  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
Ethiopic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Esperanto  

Language Position
55  
99+
33  
31

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
epo  

ISO 639 3
amh  
epo  

ISO 639 6
amh  
epo  

Glottocode
amha1245  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Amharic and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Esperanto language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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

Amharic vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Amharic vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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